It can do that with the spring model too. Gotta adjust the height, and a Tizit is a good idea. Weight on the reproducer from the horn has to be considered too. John Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
-----Original Message----- From: Steven Medved <steve_nor...@msn.com> Sender: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 22:14:49 To: Phono-l<phono-l@oldcrank.org> Reply-To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l@oldcrank.org> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Early cygnet horn without the spring People I know have one and it lifts up the reproducer one the one end of the record, on the other is it way too heavy on a fireside. My idea is to convert it to the new style. Thanks for the reply, I never gave this any thought until they had the problem. > Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 19:11:36 -0800 > From: john9...@pacbell.net > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Early cygnet horn without the spring > > I would not think that they would track well, without the 'give' of the > spring. The rigid bolt connection seems as if it would be very stiff. For > those who are unfamiliar with this early horn, I have posted a picture of the > horn and crane and the suspension bolt at this link: > http://s197.photobucket.com/albums/aa39/john9ten/Early%20Cygnet%20Horn/ > John Robles > > --- On Mon, 11/8/10, Steven Medved <steve_nor...@msn.com> wrote: > > From: Steven Medved <steve_nor...@msn.com> > Subject: [Phono-L] Early cygnet horn without the spring > To: "phonolist" <phonol...@yahoogroups.com>, "Phono-l" <phono-l@oldcrank.org> > Date: Monday, November 8, 2010, 6:08 PM > > > Hello, > > Does anyone have an early cygnet horn without the spring? How do these work > without the coil spring? I have seen them but it does not look like a > workable system > to me. > > Steve > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
