A second E. L. Moore bandstand

All photos courtesy James L. Dixon

This is the second bandstand model we've seen. The first one popped up in 2015.

These bandstands appeared in ELM's Crosby's Bandstand back in the November 1972 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman. This is one of his articles where he mentions he made several versions of the model being discussed:

Having just completed my fourth bandstand of this particular design, I rather fancy myself something of a specialist. The first I built several years ago for Bart Crosby, a fellow model railroader. This stand evolved through an exchange of magazine photos from which we selected the most outstanding, or rather combining the best features of two or three. Recently another friend asked me to duplicate the stand for him. Somewhat reluctantly I dug out the old plans and started in, but with one important difference. The first one was entirely scratchbuilt, but in this later one (and while at it I decided to build one for myself and yet another commercially!) I used Grandt Line railings with turned spindles, a styrene product that is really beautiful, and would have bought the lattice work that graced the bottom had I found some available.

After reading that I wondered what he meant by "and yet another commercially"? So I had a look in the manuscript and cover letter to see if there were any clues. It looks like that sentence in the article where 'commercially' appears was the edited version of these:

The first one was entirely scratch built, but in this later one (and while at it I decided to build one for myself). I purchased and used Grandt Line railings with turned spindles, a styrene product that is really beautiful, and would have bought the lattice work that graced the bottom had I found some available. And when I completed these, my friend showed his to a lady who cajoled me into building one for her. This, I did, though most reluctantly -- and for a cash remuneration. It gets old hat and the zing goes out of it when you build too many of a design.

So, to summarize: the first one was entirely scratch built for Bart Crosby, the second was for another friend, the third for himself, and the fourth for sale to a lady friend of the friend.

The article states the first one's roof was made by hollowing out a solid block of wood, but we can see this one's roof is built up, as is the roof on the first one we saw, so this version isn't the completely scratch built original. It's likely the one he built for himself.

The other thing both bandstands have in common is the date inscribed on their bottoms: both say 71. The manuscript was submitted on 2 May 1972, and published in the November '72 issue, so both of these were made the previous year.