It's really easy to have 4 or 5 of the same model with noticeably different features, (over and above oak or mahogany). That's what makes using the "s" (sell) so painful for me...phonogfp wrote:I feel your pain - I have 5 of them! But they're all different, even if my wife doesn't think so...
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I, too, have a Columbia A and thought it would be fun to have a cleaned up copy of the directions to use with it. I took Chuck's excellent photo and used it to make a new booklet in pdf format.
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I guess it's time to get back to the meat of this thread, here's the paperwork that came with my Columbia AA.
The operating instruction sheet:
And the inspection and governor tag:
Chuck
The operating instruction sheet:
And the inspection and governor tag:
Chuck
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Wow! Chuck - you're been hiding your lamp under a bushel! I don't recall ever seeing AA instructions before, much less the inspection tags...
Very nice! Thanks for posting these - -
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Very nice! Thanks for posting these - -
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Thanks George.
The AA that came with these papers looks like it was unpacked, played once, then put away. Boxed reproducer and recorder also.
Chuck
The AA that came with these papers looks like it was unpacked, played once, then put away. Boxed reproducer and recorder also.
Chuck
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Back in 2012 Sonny posted a scan of the remains of an instruction booklet for "Columbia" and "Bijou" Graphophones
I spent some time with his scans and cleaned it up and restored the missing sections. Here jpg files of the booklet formatted
that can be printed double sided like the original.
Chuck
I spent some time with his scans and cleaned it up and restored the missing sections. Here jpg files of the booklet formatted
that can be printed double sided like the original.
Chuck
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Nicely done!