I held a meeting of our local phonograph group at my house Sunday. While looking at a Columbia console I'm in the process of restoring one of the more astute members of the group was able to identify a tool that I found in one of the drawers. This is a tool specifically designed to repair Columbia reproducers. It's about 4 1/2" long and 2 1/2" wide. It's shaped like a Whamo slingshot frame. It has 2 spanner wrenches to remove the metal ring that holds the diaphragm in place. The larger one is set for 2 3/16" and the smaller for 1 13/16. Then there are 4 different size hex wrenches for adjusting the nuts on the needle bar and finally, a fine screw driver for removing the screw that holds the needle bar to the diaphragm. When he got home one of the members tried to research this tool on line but could find nothing about it. I'm wondering if any of the people on this list are familiar with this tool and cam supply information about it. Email me if you would like to see a picture of it. RMV From [email protected] Thu Mar 20 08:21:52 2008 From: [email protected] (David Dazer) Date: Thu Mar 20 08:28:40 2008 Subject: [Phono-L] Columbia Reproducer Tool In-Reply-To: <017f01c88a96$e456a430$6500a...@your4dacd0ea75> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
This sounds like a watch case opening tool. Check out Timesavers.com You can send me a photo if you would like to. Dave Bob <[email protected]> wrote: I held a meeting of our local phonograph group at my house Sunday. While looking at a Columbia console I'm in the process of restoring one of the more astute members of the group was able to identify a tool that I found in one of the drawers. This is a tool specifically designed to repair Columbia reproducers. It's about 4 1/2" long and 2 1/2" wide. It's shaped like a Whamo slingshot frame. It has 2 spanner wrenches to remove the metal ring that holds the diaphragm in place. The larger one is set for 2 3/16" and the smaller for 1 13/16. Then there are 4 different size hex wrenches for adjusting the nuts on the needle bar and finally, a fine screw driver for removing the screw that holds the needle bar to the diaphragm. When he got home one of the members tried to research this tool on line but could find nothing about it. I'm wondering if any of the people on this list are familiar with this tool and cam supply information about it. Email me if you would like to see a picture of it. RMV _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
