Robert and George: It's a minor point, but there is no such thing as a cylinder called an Amberola or a Blue Amberola. A 4-minute Edison cylinder is an Amberol (black wax) or Blue Amberol. The word Amberola is ONLY used for phonographs, not records.
Jim Nichol On Dec 2, 2005, at 5:26 PM, George wrote: > I would agree with Allen. My understanding is that > anything black will be marked "4M". If no mark > such mark is found on the end than they are 2 min. > cylinders. As for all Blue Amberolas being 4 min. > I believe I was told one time there were a few > that were actually 2 min. Personally I've never > run across any and would assume there are uncommon > so would not be concerned with that issue. > George
