Hi Jerry May I include this story along with the one about the labels on Victrolas? It should make interesting reading. I will email you a copy of the newsletter when complete. Let me know! Thanks John Robles
DeeDee Blais <[email protected]> wrote: Along the same theme as the upside down decals and the maroon over black painted Gem is an interesting Amberola V that I bought a couple of years ago. I was on the way to Union and stopped at Walnut, Iowa to antique shop. In one of the shops was a mahogany Amberola V. When I opened the lid, I discovered an Amberola 50 mechanism. I knew that a small number of Amberola V cabinets survived the Edison factory fire and were fitted with Amberola 50 mechanisms. I also knew that it was quite unusual so I made my purchase. When I arrived at Union, I talked to another collector that had been through Walnut. I told of my exciting purchase and his response was "Oh, I've seen that machine for a couple of years." What was exciting to me was not interesting to him. As a side story about this machine...When I inspected the Amberola V, I couldn't find a name tag or tiny holes where one might have been attached. It wasn't until quite recently, when I was doing a repair on an Amberola 30, that I found where the name tag was located. The Amberola 30 tag was behind the grill along the inside of case. I ran to my basement, checked the inside area of the Amberola V, and was delighted to find the name tag! Happy collecting, Jerry B. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list [email protected] Phono-L Archive http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ Support Phono-L http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank
