Original Grille Cloth Colors

gramophoneshane · Post by **gramophoneshane** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:13 am

Over the years, I've often read posts on the different forums, from people wondering what the original grille cloth looked like on their machine.
So, I thought it might be an idea to start a thread with pictures of grille cloths that are original to their respective machines.
I've been making a bit of a collection of pictures posted on forums or on Ebay showing machines with original cloth, as well as photographing the few examples I have, and thought they might be a good start to kick us off, and I'm hoping that anyone who owns a machine that still retains the original cloth will add to it in the future.
It doesn't matter what brand of phono the cloth is on, as long as the photo is accompanied by the make & model, and also the wood finish if possible, as the cloth color sometimes varies (as I believe is true of Edison machines)
Even if the cloth is in poor condition, at least it will give us a general idea of color & texture so a close replacement can be sort after.

I also thought I'd post each cloth as a new post in the thread so the machine make & model can be at the top of each entry to make them easier to search and find.
So if you've got a machine of any make in any condition, take a couple shots & add them

The machine doesn't even have to be your. They can be copied from Ebay etc, as long as they're known to be original to the machine.

PS: Thanks to any members who have previously posted cloths that I have copied & reproduced here.

gramophoneshane · Post by **gramophoneshane** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:20 am

Edison Amberola 30 in oak.
I believe only the earliest examples included grille cloth.

gramophoneshane · Post by **gramophoneshane** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:23 am

Edison Amberola 50 in mahogany.
I believe this to be a fairly late 50 example as the cloth is patterned as found on late diamond disc machines.

gramophoneshane · Post by **gramophoneshane** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:33 am

Edisonic Schubert in mahonany.
(3Victrola's machine)

gramophoneshane · Post by **gramophoneshane** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:36 am

Edison C19 diamond disc in oak.
(Valecnik's machine) Several other shots of this cloth can be seen here- http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... f=2&t=1869