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A few years ago I bought a nice mahogany Amberola 75 which has oak cylinder drawers inside. Since then I have seen other ones that have mahogany drawers.
Today I noticed on ebay one that has oak drawers like mine.
Here is the link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Edison-Amberola-75- ... dZViewItem

I wonder if both types of wood drawers could be correct. My machine is an earlier one with the exposed speed control knob and nickle reproducer. Any comments? Thanks.
Bob

Hi. I also have an mahogany amberola 75 that has oak draws. My serial number is 673.

I currently have an oak Amberola 75, but I had a mahogany one before it. They had identical drawers. I always have assumed they used the same drawers in all finishes.

Dan

melvind wrote:I currently have an oak Amberola 75, but I had a mahogany one before it. They had identical drawers. I always have assumed they used the same drawers in all finishes.

Dan

Thanks for the replies. Dan, by "identical" I assume you mean both players had oak drawers.
These seems to disprove the notion of mine that the drawers should match the cabinet wood. I happy to accept that, since it would mean my 75 has all original parts!
Bob

Bob,

My Amberola 75 that I inherited from my grandfather (who bought it new) has mahogany drawers to match the cabinet finish.

John