Hi Steve, No, I don't have and N-56 for it to play the earlier wax amberolas. Those must be very uncommon. I will get you the serial number for the Diamond B though.
Thanks for the reply, Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Medved" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 9:52:53 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Amberola 75 serial numbers Hello Bruce, What is the serial number of the reproducer on your machine and do you have a N-56 for it? I am trying to get an idea of serial numbers of the Diamond B reproducers from 1914. Steve > Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 19:47:54 +0000 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Amberola 75 serial numbers > > Do you have the same information on the Amberola V ? Mine is serial number > 845 . > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Andrew Baron" <[email protected]> > To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 2:04:08 PM > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Amberola 75 serial numbers > > Thanks Al for these serial numbers. It's great to be able to put my Amberola > 50 in context of the total production, not only of its own model, but of the > series as a whole. > > Andrew Baron > > On Aug 25, 2013, at 12:14 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > The highest Amberola 30 I recorded is just below 344000. The highest > > Amberola 50 I have recorded is just over 43000. The highest Amberola 75 in > > my data mine is just over 21000. So, Steve Medved's reproducer number is in > > the ballpark for production figures... > > Regards to all, > > Al > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andrew Baron <[email protected]> > > To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sat, Aug 24, 2013 7:49 pm > > 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: [email protected] > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
