Post by columbia1930 on Aug 8, 2017 18:15:54 GMT -5
If I may quote Steve Medved on the reproducer I sent him from machine #6661---
"You have a nickel plated reproducer and a fairly early one. Remember they came on three machines. The person who worked on your reproducer last was very interesting, they used rubber bands for gaskets, first time I have ever seen this. They painted the top black, first time I have seen that. The paint looks old, much older than the rubber bands. The worse thing is whoever worked on the reproducer horribly bent the hook on the stylus bar, I have never seen one so mangled before. I will try to save it."
"Your reproducer has a pot metal top, all diamond C reproducers have pot metal tops. For about the first two years the reproducers had a brass sound tube and were nickel plated. The nickel did not look that good with the rest being all black and it cost more so Edison started to just paint them black and the sound tube was pot metal as it was part of the casting. The transition diamond C had black paint and the brass sound tube, but they are in the 70,000 and 80,000 range and they were not nickel plated so I am certain someone painted your top black."
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Now the other Amberola 50 I have has what I am sure is not the original reproducer, but it's been rebuilt and sounds good, so I'm happy with it. But I have every reason to believe that the one I sent Steve is original to the machine, from what he is telling me...
Jim
"You have a nickel plated reproducer and a fairly early one. Remember they came on three machines. The person who worked on your reproducer last was very interesting, they used rubber bands for gaskets, first time I have ever seen this. They painted the top black, first time I have seen that. The paint looks old, much older than the rubber bands. The worse thing is whoever worked on the reproducer horribly bent the hook on the stylus bar, I have never seen one so mangled before. I will try to save it."
"Your reproducer has a pot metal top, all diamond C reproducers have pot metal tops. For about the first two years the reproducers had a brass sound tube and were nickel plated. The nickel did not look that good with the rest being all black and it cost more so Edison started to just paint them black and the sound tube was pot metal as it was part of the casting. The transition diamond C had black paint and the brass sound tube, but they are in the 70,000 and 80,000 range and they were not nickel plated so I am certain someone painted your top black."
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Now the other Amberola 50 I have has what I am sure is not the original reproducer, but it's been rebuilt and sounds good, so I'm happy with it. But I have every reason to believe that the one I sent Steve is original to the machine, from what he is telling me...
Jim