The tufts of grass were all hand painted, the scroll was decals. The triumph never got decals, and the tufts of grass were still around in 1908. Edison is the king of variety. I have seen a home with a triumph ID plate and a home serial number so it was factory installed, I have seen home B's with the decals, a standard D with the tufts of grass and a B ID plate, a maroon Gem with the Gem decal instead of the Edison decal on the front of the machine. At one time I thought Edison was like Victor, he was not. Victor has very little variation, by contrast there are 15 different varieties of the Model H reproducer over the time it was made from 1908 into the 1920's. On the copper diaphragm found in the model C there are at least four different ones, and there are five of the large copper diaphragm varieties. Steve
> Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 03:59:59 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Phono-L] Amberola X question > > Hello all > I recently purchased a derelict Amberola X, with a cabinet so bad it needed > replacement. Missing veneer, 1/3 of the lid missing, etc, Luckily the machine > was the bargain of the day. I located a new cabinet, and you can see the > before/after pic here: > http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa39/john9ten/Amberola%20X/AmberolaXbeforeandafter.jpg > > The odd thing about it is that the gold striping details on the corners of > the > bedplate are the old "tufts of grass" pattern rather than one of the later > scroll designs. Anyone have any ideas as to why they would have changed from > the scrollwork design to one that hadn't been used for about 9 years by that > point? > Also, there is a paper tag inside which is in three pieces now, and it had a > faint stamped date of August 13 (I think) 1914. Also the warning "This tag > must > remain with cabinet". The tag says "Cabinet Number 19623; Type Amb. X; Finish > (blank); Workman's Check No. (33 written in pencil). > John Robles > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
