[Phono-L] Favor please: Brake on a Lumiere

[Merle Sprinzen]

Hi Everyone --

I have one of these phonographs that somehow lost its automatic braking
mechanism.  In order to find one, I need to know what it looks like and so
I'm hoping someone has one of these machines and would be willing to lift
the turntable and take a photo of the brake with a ruler beside it for
scale.  I would be most grateful.

You can see images of this kind of phonograph at the top of this page:
http://tinyurl.com/pmx9ke2

Thanks!

Merle 

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[Phono-L] Restoration Products

[Vinyl Visions]

Anyone needing restoration products should check this out... Walt Smith, the 
owner, is extremely knowledgeable and a phonograph collector, himself. 
http://furnituredoctor.net/products/  
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Re: [Phono-L] Sonora Elite record files/folders (and casters?)

[Vinyl Visions]

Here is a set of steel casters which look to be appropriate: 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SALVAGED-METAL-CASTERS-WHEELS-Nice-Used-Patina-FURNITURE-CASTERS-Vintage-/161269042460

> From: richard_ru...@hotmail.com
> To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
> Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:01:54 -0400
> Subject: [Phono-L] Sonora Elite record files/folders (and casters?)
> 
> I bought a Sonora Elite a few years back and have been slowly restoring it.  
> One thing that was missing was the record-filing system -- all of the paper 
> folders were gone (apparently the quality of the paper was not very good; 
> I've seen a lot of Sonoras that were missing these), though the original 
> metal rods that held them in place were still present.  Lo and behold, later 
> on I found another Sonora Elite with an unrestorable cabinet, from which I 
> salvaged everything else -- reproducer, tone arm (in this case, a metal tone 
> arm; the original has a wooden one), motor, motor board, crank, etc...and, 
> yes, a complete set of record folders in excellent condition.  I'd really 
> like to install them, but I'm having a hard time figuring out the best way to 
> go about this.  Has anybody out there has to deal with this?  Can anyone 
> offer any guidance on this?  The cabinet does have the vertical wooden slats 
> -- seven of them, I believe.
> Also, my Sonora is missing its casters -- or, I should say, its original 
> casters; someone replaced them with ugly plastic casters much later.  I'd 
> like to get a set on there.  Will any age-appropriate metal casters do?  How 
> easy are they to find?  
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[Phono-L] Fwd: I put two more of the Great Collections Video tapes on Ebay

[Srsells1]

This bounced yesterday so sending again.
 
Steve
 
 
  

 From: srsel...@aol.com
To: Phono-l@oldcrank.org
Sent: 4/12/2014 10:19:42  A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: I put two more of the Great Collections  Video tapes on Ebay


They close tomorrow. One is The Tin Foil Collection; the other is the  
Allen Koenigsberg Collection.  Just a heads up for anyone wanting to  bid.
 
 
Here is link:
 
http://tinyurl.com/m7uyozm
 
 
Steve Ramm

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Re: [Phono-L] Can anyone identify this Sonora?

[Richard]

An update on the Grand:  I didn't end up getting it; the price was too high, 
and I was a put off by the fact that the record filing system was completely 
gone.  It was strange, actually -- there were no vertical wooden slats in the 
storage compartment, just two horizontal shelves.  I couldn't figure how it 
could have accommodated the folders.  The tone arm was metal (gold-plated), and 
the cabinet was oak; in doing research, I found lots of photos online of the 
Grand in oak, but none in mahogany.  Has anyone ever seen one?  And did Sonora 
make tone arms in oak, too, or was metal the only option if you got an oak 
cabinet?  

> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 12:56:11 +
> From: bruce78...@comcast.net
> To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Can anyone identify this Sonora?
> 
> The wood tone arms occasionally show up for sale on ebay. But the hardest 
> part of that to find is a the wooden base. I spotted one on line a few years 
> ago, and inquired of the seller if he happened to have the base as well. He 
> did. So I converted the metal tone are Elite to one with a wooden Town arm, 
> with the two reproducers (for vertical and lateral records). 
> 
> Bruce 
> 
> - Original Message -
> 
> From: "Stan Stanford"  
> To: "Antique Phonograph List"  
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 2:04:26 AM 
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Can anyone identify this Sonora? 
> 
> The Elite is the 5th model down with the Supreme being No. 1. As Bob 
> said, wooden tone arms could be on several of the top models including 
> yours, but all except the Supreme, could have metal tone arms. I have a 
> Supreme and it came with 2 wooden tone arms with different reproducers: one 
> for lateral and the other for vertical cut records. Yes, the complete tone 
> arm on my Supreme is easily removable. 
> 
> Stan 
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message- 
> From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] On 
> Behalf Of Richard 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 7:40 PM 
> To: phono-l@oldcrank.org 
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Can anyone identify this Sonora? 
> 
> Thanks, Stan. I have a mahogany Sonora Elite, with a wooden tone arm. 
> Would that model have been a level (or two) below this one, then? 
> 
> > From: s...@clarphon.com 
> > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org 
> > Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:48:24 -0700 
> > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Can anyone identify this Sonora? 
> > 
> > I think this is the Grand..at least the grill looks like the 
> > grill on the Grand from a Catalogue that I have. So it's the third one 
> > down after the Supreme and Invincible. Stan Stanford 
> > 
> > -Original Message- 
> > From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org 
> > [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] On Behalf Of Richard 
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 3:29 PM 
> > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org 
> > Subject: [Phono-L] Can anyone identify this Sonora? 
> > 
> > Can anyone tell me which model of Sonora phonograph this is? It looks 
> > to be one of their higher-end bombe machines, but I've always had 
> > trouble identifying particular Sonora models. If it is a higher-end 
> > machine, should I be surprised that it doesn't have a wooden tone arm? 
> > (Do those wooden tone arms really sound better, for that matter?) And 
> > am I the only one who's never seen a Sonora in oak before? It seems to 
> > me every one I've ever seen has been mahogany. Thoughts?Oh, and if 
> > anyone has one of these and would like to share photos of it, I'd 
> > appreciate it; I'm especially curious about what it's supposed to look 
> like with the doors open. 
> > 
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[Phono-L] Sonora Elite record files/folders (and casters?)

[Richard]

I bought a Sonora Elite a few years back and have been slowly restoring it.  
One thing that was missing was the record-filing system -- all of the paper 
folders were gone (apparently the quality of the paper was not very good; I've 
seen a lot of Sonoras that were missing these), though the original metal rods 
that held them in place were still present.  Lo and behold, later on I found 
another Sonora Elite with an unrestorable cabinet, from which I salvaged 
everything else -- reproducer, tone arm (in this case, a metal tone arm; the 
original has a wooden one), motor, motor board, crank, etc...and, yes, a 
complete set of record folders in excellent condition.  I'd really like to 
install them, but I'm having a hard time figuring out the best way to go about 
this.  Has anybody out there has to deal with this?  Can anyone offer any 
guidance on this?  The cabinet does have the vertical wooden slats -- seven of 
them, I believe.
Also, my Sonora is missing its casters -- or, I should say, its original 
casters; someone replaced them with ugly plastic casters much later.  I'd like 
to get a set on there.  Will any age-appropriate metal casters do?  How easy 
are they to find?
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