Question on drawers in an Amberola 1-A

Jerry B. · Post by **Jerry B.** » Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:37 pm

Is there a way to release the drawers in an Amberola 1-A or B and remove them from the cabinet? Thanks for any tips. Jerry Blais

Post by **Lucius1958** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 1:26 am

If they are anything like the drawers on early DD machines, you should be able to pull them out as far as possible, then tilt them up, whereupon you can remove them…

Bill

52089 · Post by **52089** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 10:29 am

Interesting - the drawers on my 1A pull straight out with no resistance or stop. They are also marked on the back of the rear vertical slat with numbers - 206-1, 206-2, etc., but my machine is not s/n 206.

StL Bill · Post by **StL Bill** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 12:09 pm

Jerry B. wrote:Is there a way to release the drawers in an Amberola 1-A or B and remove them from the cabinet? Thanks for any tips. Jerry Blais

Jerry;
Both my early and late 1A have metal L-shaped brackets attached to the back of the drawers. You can see the screw heads when you open the drawers.You have to reach in and unscrew the brackets off.Hope that this helps.

Bill

phonojim · Post by **phonojim** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 12:53 pm

The drawers on my 1A have the same brackets. I haven't had them out yet, but I can see that there's not much room to work with on the top one. However once you get that one out, you'll have plenty of room to work with on the others.

Jim

Jerry B. · Post by **Jerry B.** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 12:20 am

Thanks for the suggestions about removing the brackets. My grandson has long skinny arms. I'll get him right on it! Thanks, Jerry

Brad · Post by **Brad** » Wed Nov 27, 2013 8:51 pm

Jerry, I have an Amberola 1A cabinet that was converted for use a diamond disc machine. We discussed it here a couple of years back in this thread:

http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... &hilit=250

The drawers are the original cylinder drawers repurposed for discs. If you look at the pictures posted in that thread, you will see that (on my machine) there are metal pins that friction fit in holes at the upper back of the drawer sides. You can reach in and pull the pins back to allow the drawer to be removed. I just checked and with a flashlight you can look in the drawer and see the pins.

Sounds like there are variants to how the drawers were held in. This is how mine are configured.

Hope it helps.
Brad

FloridaClay · Post by **FloridaClay** » Thu Nov 28, 2013 8:34 am

Brad, that thread on your machine is just fascinating!

Clay

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