Strange table. Looks like a Diamond labeled as Cal Spas.
It *is* a Diamond, Joey. You can see the large Diamond label on its long sides. Obviously Cal Spas (and other well appreciated table dealers) had agreements to have the tables factory-shipped with a dealer's logo also included, in addition to Diamond's logo in the early period when Diamond was growing its brand. Click this link and you'll see the Diamond label as Breedlove is shooting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jvN612nDgU&feature=player_detailpage#t=545
I had bought the identical model oak-finish Diamond a year before (in '93) with the same corner pocket sizes, but I was clued-in to request narrower shelves, by a friend in Indiana who had one installed in his home and reported that they played mighty tough, but did tell the absolute truth about how accurate your aim was.
In those days they'd accommodate such requests (narrower shelves) because the brand was still quite new and had a limited line which they hoped would catch on and grow nationally via sales reps and word of mouth by very satisfied customers -- which they very deservedly did. Then and now, they're wonderfully solid, well designed and well constructed tables.
I was living near Albany, NY then (about 22 years ago) and was weighing different table options for the rec room in my then-Vermont home 50 miles east of there, I went into the largest Brunswick dealer there at the time, and asked where their Brunswicks were built. I was told then that Brunswick itself (mid-1990s) was no longer producing tables at the home base. All table manufacturing below the Gold Crowns had been off-shored to companies in South America, and the frames and table tops for Gold Crowns had been contracted for manufacture by the Kimball Piano Co.
After plenty of research, as mentioned above, I ended up ordering a Diamond 9-footer directly from Greg Sullivan's then-newly-formed Indiana company upon the recommendation of a very respected player, Frank Tullos who was then repping for them. I believe he was the house pro at Mothers in NC or SC I forget which, but a helluva nice, and very patient guy, carefully answering all of my questions and very important, put me in touch beforehand with several savvy players around the country who had recently purchased Diamonds for their own home rec rooms and absolutely loved them (and they explained in detail precisely what they loved about the Diamonds compared to their former Gold Crowns, which was mighty helpful).
Here's something really humorous that came out of my table installation:
The expert mechanic who delivered the table direct from the factory and installed in my Vermont rec room told me a funny, memorable story. He'd do Northeast deliveries in groups of threes, and mine was the last after one he'd installed the previous day in the home of a very skilled Providence pool gambler. The guy wanted to trap marks into after-hours games at his very old and winter-weathered, rickety wood-frame house. The mechanic mentioned to the guy that it's nearly impossible to keep any table level for long periods in that kind of house, saying "If you don't level it often, it's going to develop some funny rolls from time to time." The guy nudged him, smiling, and replied, "Yeah, but I'll know where the rolls are . . . and
they won't!"
I met the mechanic at a trade show a couple years later and he told me that he heard the table had paid for itself within two months.
Arnaldo
Sadly I've maxed out on the green reps for you again, but you know, if I could I would.
