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| Amberola 1-A Oak with Lyre Grill and Maroon Works (matching serial number #584 on cabinet, bedplate) |
| Amberola III (left above) There was no Amberola II. The Amberola III sold from 1912 to 1915. The mechanism used on this model is the same as the Opera |
| Oak Amberola 1-A (right above) The Edison Amberola I-A, released in 1910 at $200, plays both two and four minute cylinder records with a "M" reproducer that has a flip-over stylus bar to switch between 2 and 4 mode. The Amberola 1-A came in Oak and Mahogany cabinets and has cylinder drawers with clip or wooden holders for 100 cylinders. Although conventional wisdom is that only 500 Amberolas were made with this distinctive lyre grill, there is no doubt that this machine with a serial number of 584 is part of the early set of lyre grilled machines. As noted in Fabrizio and Paul's Discovering Antique Phonographs (page 143), an unusual feature about this machine is that while most Oak Cabinets came with "gun metal" works, this machine has maroon-painted works. |