Some are replaced and Dwayne Wyatt does a great job attaching replacement tubes! -----Original Message----- From: john robles <[email protected]> To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, 4 May 2005 22:43:19 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Pot Metal ?
Bingo, that sounds right. I have seen the pot metal ones with the brass tube, and I wondered if the tube had been replaced! John Steven Medved <[email protected]> wrote: I think there were three types of Diamond C tops, the first was all brass, the second was pot metal with a brass sound tube, the third was all pot metal. The later Edison reproducers are made of a better pot metal that expands very slightly, but does not crack or flake. With the large top reproducers this was around serial number 50,000. Steve > Hi, > Can anyone tell me if the Edison Diamond "C" reproducer used in the > Amberola models, is made of Pot metal and therefore suffers damage due to > the brittle metal ? I believe there were two types of Diamond "C", the > early one having a nickle coated finish and the later one being finished > in black. Were both versions made of the same material (ie) Pot metal. > Thanks > Richard. > P.S. > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list [email protected] Phono-L Archive http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list [email protected] Phono-L Archive http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/
