Hi Steve ~ Do you have a sense of whether my nickel Diamond C reproducer 48233 would be original to my Amberola 50 Serial #5662? Also, any idea when the Diamond C went from nickel to black paint (year and serial number, more or less)?
At a glance it seems the serial number of my Diamond C is way too high for my machine unless one factors in the greater number of Amberola 30's being produced. Still seems like a high reproducer number for the 4-digit machine serial number, but I'd like to get your opinion. This Amberola 50 is otherwise one of the best-preserved I've seen, decent and original outside, mint under the lid, very quiet and smooth "low mile" motor, etc. Andrew Baron On Aug 24, 2013, at 7:40 PM, Steven Medved wrote: > It is a fairly low serial number, I worked on Amberola 30 number 137. My 50 > is SM - - - 7488. I believe the 30 50 and 75 all had their own serial > numbers as 137 had reproducer serial number 307 on it. SM is spring motor > and number 137 did not have that on the ID plate. > > I believe just under 310,000 of the 30 50 and 75, 60, and 80's were made as I > have not seen a Diamond D reproducer over 310,000. > > Steve > >> Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 18:15:24 -0700 >> From: john9...@pacbell.net >> To: phono-l@oldcrank.org >> Subject: [Phono-L] Amberola 75 serial numbers >> >> Hello all >> I just noticed that the Amberola 75 I purchased at the APS show a couple of >> weeks ago is serial numbered SM - - - 7072. The three dashes appear on the >> ID plate. I had not noticed this on other machines. Is this a low serial >> number? >> Also, the drawers do not have the clips for record boxes in them as did my >> last 75. I thought at first that the drawers were replacements, but on close >> inspection they seem to be original, with no screw holes for the clips. Can >> anyone enlighten me? Did the earlier machines not have the clips? Or did the >> earlier ones HAVE the clips and later ones don't? >> Thanks >> John Robles >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
