Edison Amberola 80 literature

Hi Tony!
Welcome to the board. You have an Amberola 80?! Very cool. You probably already know this, but they are real rare machines. From reading, I understand they were only made for export. The Edison factory issued these in 1928 in an effort to use up obsolete Diamond Disc cabinets. I don't have the info you seek, but I encourage you to post photos. Perhaps that will encourage others to look through their holdings and see if they have what you want. Again, welcome.
Martin
aka: martinola, martin1

Many thanks I think I know of your friend in Rhode Island.
He will know of this machine through mutual friends.
I just thought there are people that don't have room for machines but collect everything about them.
It is amazing what people find and hold onto so I thought that I would ask if anyone has any literature at all on the Amberola 80 brochures advertising ect and because these Forums are worldwide you never know what anyone might of found.
Before I bought it a friend of mine in the States told me that these machines were only exported.
I thought it was really strange to think of an Edison Phonograph that wasn’t sold in USA but I suppose there has been a couple!
It would be interesting to know how many were originally sold and to where.
With the power of the Internet it is incredible what can be found out so I thought I would ask this Forum.

If interested I can list some pictures
I must say this is just an average original machine I don't think this machine has ever had any special attention. It has a hole in the grill cloth but because it is original I have decided just to leave it. I really like it just the way it is.
The collector I bought it off just loved it and enjoyed playing it more than his Opera.
Thanks for your replies

Tony
New Zealand

Wow, that is super nice! Thanks for sharing, Tony!

Martin

Hi Tony,

Thanks for the HQ pix of this seldom seen machine! Would this be Tony S. that has joined the board? As a long time collector of different Edison machines, I love your articles in ITG.
It is interesting to note that Edison went back to the nickel plated Reproducers on this machine when the standard was the black painted pot metal that had been de rigueur since the mid teens. Almost like a dying gasp to sell off his unused S-19 cabinets and Amberola 50 motors! As these were supposedly strictly for export for the OZ/NZ area market, one has to wonder why? Was the cylinder market still that much in demand there when the U.S. market had almost ceased to exist except in very rural areas?
As the circle is quite small regarding the ownership of these machines, I figured you might know GB from R.I.
Although many might say, "EH, it's an Amberola motor plopped in a DD cabinet", it is what it is. I always liked the style of the Sheraton cabinet and after the Amberola 1-B, (not including the horrid Amberola IV) the only other upright was the very simplistic Amberola 75 which style-wise didn't hold a candle to the Sheraton cabinet.

Bill

Hi Toni,

I agree it's a very nice machine. Could you post a picture of the ID tag or if that's not possible, tell us the serial number?

Valecnik

Valecnik
The serial Number is 1015
All the best
Tony

I was going to ask the same about the horn. A 150 horn certainly would have fit and been readily available. Coupled with the longer elbow and that reproducer it would certainly outdo any amberola 50 or 75. Anybody know the dimentions of the 50/75 horn by the way?