With all this good information on the Amberola V, I'm hoping some of you can provide additional information on the Amberols CVI. This model has a Fireside motor and an unusual top bed. Rather than having separate top grills like the Amberola VIII and the 30 it is a solid casting that is hinged behind the mandrel and painted brown with gold pin striping. I have not seen this bed used on other models and am surprised that Edison would have used it on one fairly obscure model and then discarded it. Was it used on other models? This model uses a grained metal grill on the front similar to that used on the Amberola VIII rather than a wooden one. I believe it is original because the metal is much heavier than the reproductions. Also mine has cloth in it that appears I believe has always been there. The cloth is in good condition and I am reluctant to remove it even though the horn has a grain painted surface. Can anyone tell me if any Amberolas were originally manufactured with cloth on the front grills? Lastly, there are no production numbers for this model given in Frow's book. Can anyone provide this information? Thanks in advance for your help. RMV ----- Original Message ----- From: <ClockworkHome at aol.com> To: <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 4:50 AM Subject: [Phono-L] Re: Amberola The BV >I forgot to mention that just less than 6000 Amberola Vs were made. When >the > factory started up again after the fire the serial numbers of the B-Vs > were > not sequential to the V but started with serial number 1. The B-V did > have the > larger 50 swing hung horn. I must always laugh when I see a B-V on eBay > with > a "low serial number of 548" advertised. (Did he ever sell it? Was the > reserve ever met?) > > I also have an Amberola DVI with the later Amberola motor. The Edison > motto > should have been "Non-everto Quicquid" (Never throw anything away!). > Luckily > I got this machine for a reasonable price though it is more rare than > almost > any other Edison model. > > There was some correspondence at the Site suggesting that Amberola V with > motors which can be fussy were returned to the factory to be refitted with > the > new Amberola mechanisms after the fire. If this indeed was done and to > what > extent is another research topic for the future. > > Speaking of research at the Edison Site, I was politely rebuffed when > asking > about doing some there. Hope I will make it to 100 years of age when the > phonograph years are covered by the Rutgers project! ;-) > > Al > Who thought BV was a local winery... > > > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org