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Columbia Floating Reproducers - New or Repro?
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2015 4:36 pm
by Victrolacollector
With so many of those Columbia Floating reproducers out there, How does one knows know if the reproducer is an original or reproduction?
Are there any markings?
Re: Columbia Floating Reproducers - New or Repro?
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2015 1:02 am
by Lucius1958
Victrolacollector wrote:With so many of those Columbia Floating reproducers out there, How does one knows know if the reproducer is an original or reproduction?
Are there any markings?
Hard to tell: Columbia reproducers did not have serial numbers like Edison or Victor. There is a thread featuring one that had information stamped on the underside, but I do not know how common that was.
In general, one might be able to judge by the quality of the casting: if the lettering on the top seems "off", it may be a repro .....
Bill