Five!!, that's a very low number indeed. I wish pics could be posted of them for comparison.US PHONO wrote: There are about 5 stands that I have heard of in European collections.
The black stand was used for the 15a (with the gilt columns), as well as the ebonized model that has the art nouveau panels of a lady on its sides, as here. http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... f=2&t=2764
If the gilt column model is a 15a. What was the number designation for the Melba...??. A European collector informed me that it was the 15 and the other a 14. Were these machine's given the same number regardless which country they were sold..??
Now I'm confused .