Hello John, The British ones do not have a plaster core, it is cardboard. I
thought it was a plastic. Reference Allen again: The Lamberts that have a
('cardboard') "liner" are from England. Their
boxes were the red and black design with elephant. American Lamberts (no
matter what color) are truly hollow, except for the last (1905) with their
plaster
interiors.
Back to me, you can read the info below if you like. Steve hi Steve, it may
appear to be hard plastic, but not really, in those days. If it came in the
red and black elephant box, and has the raised lettering on the rim, it is a
British Lambert, with a 'cardboard' core. As you imply, it may not be regular
cardboard but impregnated with some kind of asphaltum material to make it
waterproof and non-warping. I have seen such cylinders in black and ivory
colors. The brown ones tend to be completely hollow. Lamberts are a
fascinating subject. Allen I believe some Lamberts have a liner. I have three
black Lamberts. One
says Edison Bell Indestructible on the bottom, one is and IPLS French lesson,
the third is in a red and black box that says The New Lambert and it has a
liner. It is 5077 Fol the Rol Lol by H Bluff and has what appears to be a
hard
plastic liner. All have raised letters.
I have an Indestructible with the metal bands, 653 that also has raised
etters.
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The Lamberts that have a ('cardboard') "liner" are from England. Their
boxes were the red and black design with elephant. American Lamberts (no
matter what color) are truly hollow, except for the last (1905) with their
plaster
interiors.
The raised-letter rims of Albany Inds are the very first from ca ("pre")
Nov 1907. They mimic that style from the last US Lamberts, although the
"direction/orientation" of rim-imprinting is different.
The interior metals rings were patented by Philpot & Matthews.
Allen
> From: [email protected]
> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:28:36 -0700
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Lambert cylinder
>
> I think the British Lamberts had a plaster core, didn't they?
> John Robles
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 22, 2012, at 12:37 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>
> >
> > An interesting Lambert cylinder appeared on ebay recently. But I have
> > never seen this before. A Lambert cylinder with a plaster core. Was this
> > added by the factory or was it perhaps done after sale? I thought the
> > Lambert
> > cylinders were made without plaster cores to avoid antitrust conflicts.
> > Ebay item # is 200833537441
> >
> > Thanks, Art Heller
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