Never mind. I was thinking of the British indestructible record company's product. Plaster core with metal wire rings at the end. John
Sent from my iPhone On Oct 22, 2012, at 4:02 PM, Steven Medved <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > > > ================ > 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 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Phono-L mailing list >>> http://phono-l.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
