You don't have to put in a new cartridge, you can take a crystal cartridge apart, throw out the Rochelle salt crystal and put in a "modern" crystal from a 50s-6-s era crystal cartridge. I've done it successfully several times. The only alteration to the old cartridge is that you might have to use tiny nuts and bolts to put it back together if you can't get the right rivets.
Ron L -----Original Message----- From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] On Behalf Of ny victrolaman Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 11:23 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Magnetic Pickup Repair/Restoraion Thanks, Bob, although I have to admit that I was really hoping it was a magnetic pickup; seems to me it's much easier to restore one of those than to replace an old crystal cartridge without altering the appearance of the pickup. Bob, do you have any more information on the pickup? Does anyone know where I might have the best shot at finding a suitable replacement? I imagine NOS wouldn't be much better (if at all) than what I have now. NYVM On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 7:05 PM, RBaumbach <phonol...@mac.com> wrote: > According to the red book, the V-205 has a crystal pickup cartridge. > > > On MondayMarch 28, 2011, at March2820112:25 PM, ny victrolaman wrote: > > > Greetings, everyone. I recently picked up an RCA Victor model V-205, a > 1941 > > radio-phonograph combination. I believe the phonograph has a magnetic > > pickup (though if anyone suspects otherwise, please let me know!). I > > haven't bought a machine with a magnetic pickup in years, and the fellow > who > > used to repair/restore them for me has since passed away. Can anyone > please > > recommend someone who works on these? I'd heard tell of such people here > > and there in the past, but it seemed they were all expensive AND very > slow; > > I'd prefer someone reasonable and quick. Call me spoiled. > > > > I'm also wondering what I would have to have and do in order to restoe > such > > a pickup on my own. Any ideas? > > > > Thanks! > > > > NYVM > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
