Recent Find - Another Polished Nickel Columbia Type B(XP)

[brianu]

I found this polished-nickel Columbia Type B late last year and just got around to cleaning it up... also just recently got the reproducer back from Steve Medved, who rebuilt it with a new glass diaphragm. The horn is a reproduction, but all else is original. I figured I’d post some photos given the recent discussions of these that I’ve read on here... and someone is keeping track of serial numbers as well, right?

[barnettrp21122]

That sure polished up pretty! Thanks for the pictures!
Bob

[gemering]

Nice Brian!
Congratulations on a great find.

Gene

[Ripduf1]

That is a beautiful machine! John

[Jerry B.]

You should caution people about viewing the photos without sunglasses. Very nice. Jerry Blais

[Django]

Nice find. It looks good for 120.

[Phonofreak]

That sure is a really nice machine. Those nickel plated Model B's are real classy. The reproducer you have is for an early Columbia Q. That's a really hard to find reproducer. The reproducer you need would say reproducer on the body. Great find and great job polishing it up.
Harvey Kravitz

[brianu]

Nice find. It looks good for 120.

Thanks for all the comments, they’re appreciated.

And yes, I guess this year would be it’s 120th.

[brianu]

That sure is a really nice machine. Those nickel plated Model B's are real classy. The reproducer you have is for an early Columbia Q. That's a really hard to find reproducer. The reproducer you need would say reproducer on the body. Great find and great job polishing it up.
Harvey Kravitz

Thanks for the catch... I realized that about the reproducer when I saw the other ones recently posted... so how tough to find would the correct one be?

[Phonofreak]

They are scarce, but they do turn up. If I find any leads, I'll let you know. The Q reproducer you have is equally scarce. Those are worth their weight in gold.
Harvey Kravitz