Here is a very early Amberola Ad, depicting the seldom seen ill fated "earliest style Rococo Grill" Amberola 1A Cabinet" that was made by Herzog. Note there is no Grill Cloth shown.
http://www.atticpaper.com/proddetail.php?prod=1910-edison-amberola-ad Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 10:53:42 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Amberola grills & cloth question One quick and easy way to tell if the Amberola had a grille cloth or not is to see if the horn is wood grained. The Amberola IA, IB, III, IV, V, IV, VIII, and X series of Diamond Amberolas had wood grained horns so they did not need to have grille cloth to disguise the internal horn. When the Amberola 30, 50, 75, and later 60 and 80 came along it was determined that a quickly glued in grille cloth would be less expensive than the wood grained paint process. So you have an ugly black horn hidden behind the cloth. Along the way people have added grille cloth to the earlier Amberolas (to keep the dust out) and taken the cloth out of the later ones (to let the sound out); thus, there is confusion today. I hope this helps, Al Sefl Edison Nut... _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
