Courtesy, lad, courtesy - sadly lacking in the kids of
today...obviously. And he obviously doesn't know it's broken. And it
might not be - could be a ratchet gear problem. And if it is, and he
said he can lift the board, he should be able to get a pair of pliers in
to hold a shaft.
Antique Phonograph List wrote:
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...
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-------- 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...
