Hi John:
When it comes to Diamond Disc machines there are many factors that sometimes
come together for a result that doesn't make sense. The A-200 Queen Anne's
introduction in 1912 was somewhat hurried and it was supposed to have a wood
grained horn to match the cabinet finish. The some of
Here's a loose question for you Al or any others.
On the B-60 or C-60 DD machine. I have seen original illustrations with grill
cloth, yet these have wood grained horns. What's correct here?
Kindest thanks for your thoughts.
Michael Khanchalian
(Cylinder Doctor)
On Apr 23, 2012, at 7:58 PM,
My B-80 has a nicely mahogany-grained horn, yet also has the ancient
remnants of greenish, silk grille cloth.
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Greetings Doctor:
I am not sure that 'correct' is a word to apply to minor variations on Edison
machines. The machines were assembled from parts and shipped as fast as they
could. Variations from suppliers and from their own factory mechanisms were to
be expected.
The B-60 was a 1913-14
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
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From:
Thanks for the info! There were to be 1200 A200 models released by October 1,
1912. Only 890 ended up being ready by that date, but the low serial number 430
on mine leads me to believe it was one of those first machines. That's why I
would have thought there would be no cloth on it, unless
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
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