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This cabinet is interesting... not sure if it's real or just a nice home made copy.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221227770074
Strange Amberola Cabinet... Any Ideas???
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Strange Amberola Cabinet... Any Ideas???
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Re: Strange Amberola Cabinet... Any Ideas???
Interesting. My first thought is that it is an aftermarket factory-made cabinet one could buy to set their Amberola 30 down into to make it look like a console and provide space for cylinder storage. I don't find this particular one in either of Tim & George's two books on aftermarket items. May be a little high though, even given that it is said to be working and comes with 99 cylinders.
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Re: Strange Amberola Cabinet... Any Ideas???
That has been on Ebay for years and has been discussed on this forum a few times. The most popular opinions are that it is the work of some skilled home cabinet shop, or possibly the modified case of some European machine.
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Re: Strange Amberola Cabinet... Any Ideas???
It kind of reminds me of one of those aftermarket Hawthorne and Sheble "drop-in" Amberola 30 cases distributed by the famous Babson Bros. distributors.. kind of a cross between one of those and an Amberola 75, but I think that the Amberola 30 that is in it tells most of the story here. I tend to agree with some of the previous posters here...This machine is a someone's idea of a hybrid case of an unknown manufacturer frankenphoned to an Amberola 30 however nicely executed. It's a nice example of a FrakenAmberola! Alas, If only someone would tell the seller, then maybe he would then understand why this creation has not sold for over a year and a half...
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Re: Strange Amberola Cabinet... Any Ideas???
Just for the record, Hawthorne & Sheble ceased business in July 1909.NEFaurora wrote:It kind of reminds me of one of those aftermarket Hawthorne and Sheble "drop-in" Amberola 30 cases distributed by the famous Babson Bros. distributors..
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