Jerry, Yes and I sold those records to Brice for $900.00, Who knew he was such a fan of Hawaiian music. I kept the M reproducer. Did you get the L fixed. Leg still sore? [?] Mike
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:20 PM, DeeDee Blais <[email protected]> wrote: > If a machine, such as a big Amberola, has been in the same family since new > and > the serial number on the mechanism does not match the ID tag, I would > suspect > that the mechanism was swapped out near the end of its useful life span. > Lets > say a Amberola 1-B was sold new in 1913 and saw continued use until being > replaced by a radio in 1928. In 1923, the spring broke and it was cheaper > to > replace the entire mechanism with one from a parts machine rather than > install a > new spring. It's only my best guess that this happened more often than > something being swapped out when new. > * > As a side note to my story... The Amberola was moved to the attic in 1928 > and > sat there until Mike Stitt bought it in 1985 for $500. He kept all the > 5000 > series cylinders that were bought in the 1920s and sold me the machine for > $1500. Jerry Blais > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
