Noteworthy News Archives

Front mount Columbia identification guide, page 2

(April 1989)

Page 1: Early AH; late AH; vertical crank AJ; middle style AJ
Page 2: High box AJ; early AK; ribbed case AK; AY-AR

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High box AJ. Left: extended arms. Right: Short arms.

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AK, early style. Introduced 1903. Also sold with rod type tone arms and wooden tone arms.

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AK, early style, no tone arm.

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AK, ribbed case.

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AY-AR. Introduced 1904. AY: two spring motor. AR: three spring motor

Photographs Courtesy Norman and Janyne Smith

Page 1: Early AH; late AH; vertical crank AJ; middle style AJ