Hello Andy,
The nickel plated Diamond C was made for about two years. Your serial number
would not be too high as the same reproducer went on the 30 50 and 75.
Amberola 137 has Diamond C 307 and a lot of 30's were made. Al gave the high
serial numbers he had.
Regarding reproducers I did one better I sent you photos of the last nickel
plated one, the transition, and the first pot metal tube one, the last one with
the removable spring and the first cast in spring I have photos of.
I have no doubt you machine is all original as the 30 production boosted up the
reproducer number. Remember 1920 was the peak year for cylinder production.
Steve
> From: a...@popyrus.com
> Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 20:31:37 -0600
> To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Amberola 75 serial numbers
>
> 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
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