What does his/her name have to do with anything? And it seems he/she already knows it's got a broken spring. I don't have any experience with these, so I don't have any advice to offer. Wish I did. But I've got lots of advice for the person who wrote that snarky response...
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l@oldcrank.org> Date: 08/24/2015 7:07 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l@oldcrank.org> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Brunswick 17 Anybody wanna identify themselves...then maybe someone will tell you it's got a broken spring. Antique Phonograph List wrote: > A friend told me about someone who found an old Brunswick 17 in their > barn, and I went out to see it, excited, but discovered it has a very > odd problem: I can't remove the crank. It turns, but nothing happens > with the motor; when you crank it counterclockwise, the crank doesn't > unthread from the shaft, probably because there is nothing to stop the > shaft from turning. I managed to lift up the motor board enough to > see that this is the case, and that the barrel is turning, but not the > gears. Obviously, I can't remove the motor without first detaching > the crank, but there doesn't seem to be any way to make the latter > happen. The only thing I can think of is to detach the motor (anyone > know how many springs it has?) from the metal motor plate, but those > screws won't budge, and I'm wondering if this seems like an > ill-advised idea anyway. (I already stripped them all a little just > trying to get them to turn.) Any thoughts on what is wrong with it, > and what I should do next? It's a nice phonograph, and I hate to walk > away from it if I don't have to. > > Oh, and the Ultona reproducer doesn't rotate, either. It doesn't > appear to be pot metal, but I'm not sure what the problem might be > otherwise...
