[Phono-L] The Death of Amberola III SN304
It is with great sadness that I note the death of a fine and rare example of an Amberola III. The III wasn't even sick. It played until the bitter end. It's death came at the hands of someone on eBay who decided to part it out. The cabinet, rear inspection door, motor, Diamond A Reproducer, and other parts were drawn and quartered because someone figured they would sell for more than the whole machine. I believe only about 1,200 of these machines were made. They are only rarely found in such nice condition as 304 was. We Edison fanatics will miss her. Best wishes to a very quiet list, Al -Original Message- From: Steven Medved steve_nor...@msn.com To: phonolist phonol...@yahoogroups.com; phono-l phono-l@oldcrank.org Sent: Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:15 pm Subject: [Phono-L] For sale square box Combination attachment for Edison Standard Phonograph Model B $27.00 Hello, I have photos, $27.00 includes priority mail shipping in a 7x7x6 box. The box is excellent, it does show age the label is brown but all there. It has the smaller box cemented inside with the holder for the Model H reproducer. I have photos if anyone is interested. I paid $20 or $25 for it years ago, with shipping I will about break even. Steve ___ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org ___ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
Re: [Phono-L] The Death of Amberola III SN304
I contacted the seller today, who is in a relatively remote part of British Columbia, to ask why. The response was that it's easier to ship small parts. Jerk. Sent from my iPhone -- Peter pjfra...@mac.com On Mar 21, 2013, at 10:55 PM, clockworkh...@aol.com wrote: It is with great sadness that I note the death of a fine and rare example of an Amberola III. The III wasn't even sick. It played until the bitter end. It's death came at the hands of someone on eBay who decided to part it out. The cabinet, rear inspection door, motor, Diamond A Reproducer, and other parts were drawn and quartered because someone figured they would sell for more than the whole machine. I believe only about 1,200 of these machines were made. They are only rarely found in such nice condition as 304 was. We Edison fanatics will miss her. Best wishes to a very quiet list, Al -Original Message- From: Steven Medved steve_nor...@msn.com To: phonolist phonol...@yahoogroups.com; phono-l phono-l@oldcrank.org Sent: Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:15 pm Subject: [Phono-L] For sale square box Combination attachment for Edison Standard Phonograph Model B $27.00 Hello, I have photos, $27.00 includes priority mail shipping in a 7x7x6 box. The box is excellent, it does show age the label is brown but all there. It has the smaller box cemented inside with the holder for the Model H reproducer. I have photos if anyone is interested. I paid $20 or $25 for it years ago, with shipping I will about break even. Steve ___ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org ___ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org ___ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
Re: [Phono-L] The Death of Amberola III SN304
Thank you for posting that Al! This is just yet another example of the widespread ignorance and greed in which we find ourselves immersed. This kind of stuff happens all of the time, unfortunately. A similar situation happened recently involving a nicely working recorder/reproducer for a Dictaphone model 12 machine. Someone on the TMF list had a mysterious recorder/reproducer pictured, and he was asking what it is. Columbia or Edison? I recognized it as the one for my working model 12 Dictaphone. He had offered to sell it or trade for it. But...guess what? ...By the time I got to asking him for a trade so I could obtain it and have a working spare for my model 12 machine, the reply I got back was: I had no use for it so I scrapped it So, there you go. Only in this case there was not even any monetary gain, nor greed, nor any reason other than ignorance that caused the untimely death of this perfectly fine working unit. Some people are just destructive. One less Amberola lll in the universe, and one less recorder/reproducer for a Dictaphone model 12. Karma. There is still Karma. And a good Karma can easily run over any Dogma. Chuck Richards Original Message From: clockworkh...@aol.com To: phono-l@oldcrank.org Subject: RE: [Phono-L] The Death of Amberola III SN304 Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:55:04 -0400 (EDT) It is with great sadness that I note the death of a fine and rare example of an Amberola III. The III wasn't even sick. It played until the bitter end. It's death came at the hands of someone on eBay who decided to part it out. The cabinet, rear inspection door, motor, Diamond A Reproducer, and other parts were drawn and quartered because someone figured they would sell for more than the whole machine. I believe only about 1,200 of these machines were made. They are only rarely found in such nice condition as 304 was. We Edison fanatics will miss her. Best wishes to a very quiet list, Al -Original Message- From: Steven Medved steve_nor...@msn.com To: phonolist phonol...@yahoogroups.com; phono-l phono-l@oldcrank.org Sent: Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:15 pm Subject: [Phono-L] For sale square box Combination attachment for Edison Standard Phonograph Model B $27.00 Hello, I have photos, $27.00 includes priority mail shipping in a 7x7x6 box. The box is excellent, it does show age the label is brown but all there. It has the smaller box cemented inside with the holder for the Model H reproducer. I have photos if anyone is interested. I paid $20 or $25 for it years ago, with shipping I will about break even. Steve ___ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org ___ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org $4.95/mo. National Dialup, Anti-Spam, Anti-Virus, 5mb personal web space. 5x faster dialup for only $9.95/mo. No contracts, No fees, No Kidding! See http://www.All2Easy.net for more details! ___ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
Re: [Phono-L] IS IT DOWN?
OK, was it something I said? There has been only 1 posting since last Friday to my email address from Phono-L. My own posting has not shown up either. Have I been excommunicated? Is it because I only own a Victor II and a VTLA with the rest being just Edison machines? Oops, I forgot I have a Columbia Eagle somewhere, can that bring me some redemption? Al ___ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
Re: [Phono-L] The Death of Amberola III SN304
Arvin, Yes, it appears to be that greed, ignorance, and just plain old mediocrity are everywhere. Sometimes even in places where they would least likely be suspected. Chuck Richards http://www.richardslaboratories.com snip Add me to the list. I just had this happen to me recently on th'Bay with a guy trying to auction off an oddball Columbia snip $4.95/mo. National Dialup, Anti-Spam, Anti-Virus, 5mb personal web space. 5x faster dialup for only $9.95/mo. No contracts, No fees, No Kidding! See http://www.All2Easy.net for more details! ___ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
[Phono-L] Columbia Record reprints, 1904-1917
Greetings! Well, after several months of hard work, I have finally completed the last installments of the Columbia Record. You can now purchase the whole set from 1904-1917. If you've never heard of the Columbia Record before, it was the house organ for Columbia dealers, just like the Edison Phonograph Monthly was to Edison, and the Voice of the Victor was to Victor. We already have full reprints of the Edison Phonograph Monthly available thanks to Wendell Moore, and now we can add the Columbia Record to the list. And with all the publications relating to Columbia that came out in recent years, these volumes easily compliment them. If you're only interested in Victor and Edison collectibles and history, these are also essential to get an idea of what their biggest competitor was doing. So now you can now purchase all fourteen volumes from 1904 to 1917. Prices are $129 US, $169 Canada, $189 International, all postpaid. I know these may seem a little high, but believe me, these are the lowest prices I could get them at (600+ sheets with each one spiral bound). If you can't afford a full set, and only want one or two volumes, almost all of them are only $14 each with free US shipping. If you are a library or an institute, I can also ship these in advance with an invoice enclosed. If you purchased nine volumes from me last month (only covering 1904 to 1912) you can have the remaining five volumes for $40 US postpaid. If you also bought some sets from me in January or before, I can also let you have the remaining volumes at a special price if you email me for details. Here is the link to full descriptions and page samples for each volume: http://www.phonostalgia.com/columbiarecord Ryan Barna ___ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
[Phono-L] Victor VV-XII sn 504
Phono Listers: Maybe a little karma is weighing in on Clockwork Al's laments regarding parting out phonos, as I can gratefully report to those of you who were similarly concerned about my research and consideration of doing such with my Victor VV-XII a short while back, it is done and works wonderfully well. I don't know the protocol regarding posting pics, so need a little guidance in how to do so. Ideally, submitting a post to phonolist with a couple of pic attachments would work. If not, please advise as what to do and maybe I can get some assistance with photo-bucket or something. I am thankful I listened to you listers with encouragement, offers of support and help, and even those with a little criticism. *smile* First, I want to thank my phono friends Gayle Voisine Don Keil for all of their work and yes, you phonelisters as well. Given its sn is 504, I think it is now the earliest VV-Xii known on the planet! or...something like that! sounds good At any rate, another phono saved! again, thanks later Bob ___ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
[Phono-L] Older Grafonola Auto Stop
Phono List Friends, A newbie question / request. I was wondering if anyone out there is familiar enough with the older Columbia Grafonolas to help me with my 75's auto stop? My 75, when the switch is engaged below the platter, stops arbitrarily during play. I've no idea if this is par for this older system or if there is anything I can do to tweak and set the brake properly. I've read and have followed what little documentation exists, and it is still unclear to me how to get this to work, at least in the way I interpret it should. I recognize the mechanism was later improved (e.g., the Viva-Tonal auto stop), but I don't know how well (or poorly) I can expect this ancestor to function. Please feel free to contact me / consult off list as I'm not sure this would be of great interest to the majority of the Phono Listers. Thanks! Arvin ___ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
Re: [Phono-L] The Death of Amberola III SN304
Was this the one in Spain, for a minimum of $650 + $250 shipping? That's the closest thing I could find, in Completed Items. I think I have almost the same model - from England, old-style oak cabinet, tone-arm with angled reflex bends, and the funny bifurcated horn. Mine needs its reproducer to be repaired the spring either rehooked or replaced, so I've never heard how well those dual horns work! I can't imagine these are worth even half his starting price. - Original Message - From: Arvin Casas it...@arvincasas.com Add me to the list. I just had this happen to me recently on th'Bay with a guy trying to auction off an oddball Columbia made in the UK that was one of the in-between hybrids they made of a Viva-Tonal and the older Grafonolas. The seller was asking a little too high for the piece so I asked him if he would consider selling it for slightly less but ONLY IF it did not sell for his price (or more) during his auction. I wasn't lowballing him to end his auction and prevent him from riding out the last second bidding war he was hoping for. It was only if it didn't sell. I was offering him a safe plan B. He basically replied that if he couldn't get his price, which was as low as he would ever go, he would chop it up and sell it for parts and make more. ___ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
[Phono-L] Wanted: Soft Tone Tungs-Tone Needles; Pfanstiehl Dollar Needle
I'm looking for a full tin of Victor Tungs-Tone needles, soft tone, needles unused (I don't care about the condition of the tin). Also a Pfanstiehl dollar needle for acoustic phonograph. Any offers? Thanks! Chris ___ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
