My buddy has just picked up a 9 ft table. He thought it was a Brunswick. He just let me know that the name on the feet of the table is STALL. Says it's made well. Come on info men - what have you got?
Anyone familiar with STALL pool tables? (Old)
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Define made well, got any pictures?
Pics
I haven't seen any pics yet. He did say that the facing boards were made out of fiberglass, and we're thicker than normal. That's where the well made comment came from.
I haven't seen any pics yet. He did say that the facing boards were made out of fiberglass, and we're thicker than normal. That's where the well made comment came from.
Could be an old AMF table....some resembled a GC.
Could be a private dealer who put their badge on a commercially-made table - very common practice
There was a ..................
"Stoll" way back in Chicago but they wouldn't have done any fiberglass. http://www.chicagobilliardmuseum.org/chicago_billiard_companies_page_2.html Brunswick bought them out in 1893. Its"possible" that Brunswick at some time sold the name to someone who put it on their product. BTW, what really blows me away is the sheer numbers of table makers listed. Incredible to think how popular the game once was. Some of the old rooms were truly palaces.
"Stoll" way back in Chicago but they wouldn't have done any fiberglass. http://www.chicagobilliardmuseum.org/chicago_billiard_companies_page_2.html Brunswick bought them out in 1893. Its"possible" that Brunswick at some time sold the name to someone who put it on their product. BTW, what really blows me away is the sheer numbers of table makers listed. Incredible to think how popular the game once was. Some of the old rooms were truly palaces.
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Need pics.
With that many (44) Manufacturers of Pool Tables just in the Chicago area alone chances are high that at least one or more company's may have made tables "better" than Brunswick.
Success may have hinged on advertising, distribution, capacity, connections.
Just because we have been exposed to more Brunswicks over time, does not mean they were always the best. Brunswick may have just outlasted everyone else and a better pool table company failed because of circumstances.
Success may have hinged on advertising, distribution, capacity, connections.
Just because we have been exposed to more Brunswicks over time, does not mean they were always the best. Brunswick may have just outlasted everyone else and a better pool table company failed because of circumstances.
Check this page. Only a reference to an ad but a lead.....
http://www.chicagobilliardmuseum.org/1880-1890.html
http://www.chicagobilliardmuseum.org/1880-1890.html
They were "done" and sold by 1893. Original poster here stated that owner said table had fiberglass in it. There is NO WAY the original Stoll co. made it. Fiberglass wasn't invented until the 1930's. Without pics all is conjecture. Someone may have restored an original Stoll and used fiberglass as horrible as that may sound.