Silvertone

[dutchman]

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/ ... 33152.html

Kind of expensive but looks rite purdy


Bill K

[FrankH]

It's a model XV "Louis Seize" style. I've got one that's nearly identical (though I haven't polished the brass so nicely on mine!). Mine has a similar brass tag on the back that reads "F 486" so presumably this is the serial number and not a date. I'd love to know more about what years these were made. They show up in early-1920s Sears ads but I don't know exactly what years they were sold.

[Benjamin_L]

It's a model XV "Louis Seize" style. I've got one that's nearly identical (though I haven't polished the brass so nicely on mine!). Mine has a similar brass tag on the back that reads "F 486" so presumably this is the serial number and not a date. I'd love to know more about what years these were made. They show up in early-1920s Sears ads but I don't know exactly what years they were sold.

I think Sears stopped selling/producing their Silvertone acoustic machines in mid-1925, that's when their ads ended. Because in 1926 that's when they moved over to electric record machines and added the Tru-phonic brand name with Silvertone. Sears used that brand until the mid 30s.

(They may have sold acoustic machines into 26 just to clear out stock.)

[phono-smitten]

Sears was still selling acoustic machines into the mid 30's. Check out this topic for more info:
http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=97