Hello all Ever have one of those "Duuuh" moments? I thought I would share one of mine. I purchased an Edison model O reproducer on ebay several months back, at what I thought was a bargain price of $400. It has the late domed top, and the pot metal is stable, no sanding necessary. Sadly, the stem came loose to the point that it would not turn the stylus bars over, and finally it came out. I wrote to Steve Medved about it, who I sent photos to, and he informed me that I am the victim of a bad previous repair job. Luckily it is repairable. So since I will be having to send it off to him, I will have nothing to play cylinders on during that period, and to tell the truth, not being able to play records makes me a little panicky!. So I decided to get a reducer ring for the top mount carriage and borrow a model K from someone or buy one as inexpensively as possible (anyone got one??). So here's the "Duuuh" part. I wrote to George Vollema about getting a ring, and he told me he'd see what he has on Monday. Meanwhile, I was trying to post an ad here to sell an original Fireside carriage, but my email to Phono-L was rejected for some reason. This morning I went to place the ad again. Suddenly I thought..umm. why am I buying a reducer ring when I have the original Fireside carriage? Duuuuuuuuh...... Maybe the Phono-L gods were trying to tell me something... John Robles _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
