I have a 1B mech in a 1A cabinet that was original as far as the original owners family could remember.
-----Original Message----- From: Rich <[email protected]> To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Jan 11, 2011 12:13 pm Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Amberola I vs III innards Seems that after many of those machines left the factory the retail dealers swapped the mechanisms to make customers happy with the color of the machine. On 01/11/2011 10:54 AM, Peter Fraser wrote: > See my prior response, plus...my III mech and cabinet already have mismatched > numbers... > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- Peter > [email protected] > > On Jan 11, 2011, at 8:44 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Jerry is correct about mixing a 1A and a III, but a 1B uses the same >> mechanism as the III. Even so, the number stamped into the III mechanism >> will not match that on the 1A/B cabinet. This sort of mixing& matching >> permanently separates mechanisms and cabinets, preventing the proper >> restoration of the original machines. I'd advise against it. >> >> George P. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Peter Fraser<[email protected]> >> To: phono-l<[email protected]> >> Sent: Mon, Jan 10, 2011 5:14 pm >> Subject: [Phono-L] Amberola I vs III innards >> >> >> >> >> Does anyone happen to know how much difference there is between the guts of >> an >> >> Amberola I and a III? Hoping to do a swap into a Amberola I cabinet from a >> >> messed up III I have... >> >> >> >> Thanks... >> >> >> >> -- Peter >> >> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Phono-L mailing list >> >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
