I don't think there was black primer under the maroon paint. I have Seen many of these that are missing a high percentage of the paint and it shows no sign of black primer....Probably the reason so many have significant paint loss......the Asphaltum black paint was extremely durable compared to the maroon paint for the GEM.... Gregg Cline
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Nichol Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 7:31 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Maroon/Black Gem & Amberola V Is there any chance that Edison just decided to use black primer under the maroon paint? Jim On Nov 29, 2006, at 9:14 AM, DeeDee Blais wrote: > I checked, and as Greg posted, the C Gem body is quite > a bit different than the D body. I had always assumed > that they were identical or nearly so. There is no > doubt in my mind about the maroon paint being original > and it has the "Edison" decal (also old). The maroon > paint is very nice but on the few blemishes, black > paint is underneath. I can only assume that it was > painted black in error and then corrected at the > factory. I enjoy the oddity and have appreciated the > different views expressed here. The machine will > probably be at Union so more list members can give me > their two cents worth. > > Anything that I post is out there and public knowledge > so anyone is welcome to repeat a good story or a > topic. > > Thanks&Happy Collecting, Jerry Blais _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list [email protected] Phono-L Archive http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ Support Phono-L http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank
