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Friends, looking at pictures on the internet it seems some C200s had pinstriped bedplates and some do not. Early and late, later ones not striped?

Thanks!

Covah wrote:Friends, looking at pictures on the internet it seems some C200s had pinstriped bedplates and some do not. Early and late, later ones not striped?

Thanks!

As I discovered while researching the history and production of the C250/C19, by early 1917 Diamond Disc Phonograph motor plates had begun to be produced with no pin striping. There's a production date guide spreadsheet and "Key" at the APS website (see my links below) that illustrates this, and it can be assumed that the change affected all models - although there was presumably some lag time for exactly when this change would've been completed across all models, dependent on the sales of some models.

http://www.antiquephono.org/wp-content/ ... 5_1925.pdf
http://www.antiquephono.org/wp-content/ ... 5_1925.pdf

Best,
Fran

1917, thanks!