One quick and easy way to tell if the Amberola had a grille cloth or not is to
see if the horn is wood grained. The Amberola IA, IB, III, IV, V, IV, VIII,
and X series of Diamond Amberolas had wood grained horns so they did not need
to have grille cloth to disguise the internal horn. When the Amberola 30, 50,
75, and later 60 and 80 came along it was determined that a quickly glued in
grille cloth would be less expensive than the wood grained paint process. So
you have an ugly black horn hidden behind the cloth.
Along the way people have added grille cloth to the earlier Amberolas (to keep
the dust out) and taken the cloth out of the later ones (to let the sound out);
thus, there is confusion today.
I hope this helps,
Al Sefl
Edison Nut...
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