Yes, this is helpful information for me too but I wonder what kind of cloth is most like original. That are many nice, rich looking 1920s radio speaker cloths available but other than that, I wouldn't have a clue what to use. My Amberola 50 has some sort of faded ribbed paisley cloth on it that surely wasn't original- or was it?
Green Mountain Bill On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 5:17 AM, <bruce78...@comcast.net> wrote: > Here is a very early Amberola Ad, depicting the seldom seen ill fated > "earliest style Rococo Grill" Amberola 1A Cabinet" that was made by Herzog. > Note there is no Grill Cloth shown. > > http://www.atticpaper.com/proddetail.php?prod=1910-edison-amberola-ad > > Bruce > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: clockworkh...@aol.com > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 10:53:42 PM > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Amberola grills & cloth question > > 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... > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
