Hello Al, Your post helped tremendously. I did not think the B-VIII had its
own serial numbers. I appreciate knowing 1000 sold, I wonder how many were
lost? The fire got rid of all the Amberola machines except for the 30 50 and
75. I wonder if not for the fire if the variety of machines would have helped
cylinder record sales. Steve
> Greetings Steve:
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> Only about 1000 B-VIII machines were sold. They did continue the serial
> numbers of the VIII. I surmise that they were introduced in October of 1914
> and of course the factory fire in December 1914 stopped production of that
> model. Serials typical of the B-VIII range from 8800 into the high 9000s.
> Since they were built well the survival rate is likely 15% or better. There
> have been 10 on eBay in the last few years.
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> Hope that helps...
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> Al
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