EDISON 75 AMBEROLA CYLINDER PHONOGRAPH TIGER OAK

The mechanism needs adjustment and I think the reproducer needs a new diaphragm or reconditioning or cleaning or all three.. Again, I am guessing. If I turn the reproducer over and peak under the needle, I can see a cork material that is probably pretty old. When I crank up the motor, the mandrel turns, but since I don’t have a good cylinder to play, the ones I have sound awful. I don’t know how to adjust the reproducer or the speed or anything. Once in a while, there is a loud sound like the gears speeding up or slipping that might be a dirty spring problem or an adjustment needed to the governor. Again, I’m a Mom, not a phonograph expert. When I described this phonograph’s issues to those that know on an internet phonograph forum, I was told it sounds like “an easy fix” and I was advised to list it on Ebay as is, because a true collector will want to service it themselves. There are several companies on the internet that work on phonographs. Great Lakes Antique Phonograph site at victroladoctor.com refurbishes reproducers for $35 .

It comes with 13 cylinders of the 4 minute blue type. They appear to have swelled, since they won’t slide all the way down the mandrel. I’ll send them if you think you can ream them out and save them.

The cabinet has one spot (see picture) where the veneer has come off. It is not too noticeable and is on the left edge of the top and about the size of a kidney bean. Also, the is a 1/8” strip at the very back edge of the top where the veneer is missing. Also not too obvious since its at the back. Two more bean sized veneer ouches on the front door– lower right and upper left. If it were a car, I’d call it “patina”.

It is about 41-1/2” tall, and 20” X 17”. It weighs 90 pounds. UPS says it can be shipped $95 from here to either coast.It will be right on the border of UPS's size limitation, so it could possibly be higher than what Ebay's calculator says below. If the winner is closer, it might be less. Obviously if you pick it up, shipping is free. I hope that is the case, cause I’m not looking forward to packaging it! If you live in the Denver area, I can deliver it for gas.

I would say this is the worst part of the cabinet—The veneer is missing in a spot on the edge. Not too bad considering its age. Surprisingly, there are no nicks or bangs to the legs.

The left side is not lighter than the rest as it looks in this picture. Sorry.

The earliest method of recording and reproducing sound was on phonograph cylinders. Commonly known simply as "records" in their era of greatest popularity (c. 1888–1915), these cylinder shaped objects had an audio recording engraved on the outside surface which could be reproduced when the cylinder was played on a mechanical phonograph. Commercial mass production of phonograph cylinders ended in 1929 to make way for “disc” records. After the Edison factory fire of December 1914, the Amberola line was simplified in mechanical and cabinet design resulting in the Amberola 30, 50,(tabletop models) and the deluxe model, the 75 (each serial number indicating the initial retail price of each player). These were equipped with the Diamond C reproducer.