: Ron L'Herault
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Looking for a 1941 RCA crystal phonograph cartridge
Is that from one of the machines that plays both sides of a record using two
tone arms, one above and one, spring loaded below?
Ron L
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Thanks, Greg. How does one subscribe to the group?
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Greetings. I need a gold needle cup for an L-Door VV-XVI. I know there are
plenty to be found on ebay, but I thought someone here might have a really nice
one. If you do, please let me know. Thanks!
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Greetings. I have a Victor L-Door VV-XVI (C series) and I need two smaller
gold knobs in addition to the one large gold door knob I posted about
yesterday. In this case, I need the knob that is affixed to the front of the
record shelf (the one that pulls out in between the speaker and the L-do
Hi, everyone. I am looking for a large gold door knob for a Victor L-door XVI.
These have screw-in backs and measure .9920 inch (25.20 mm) in diameter. I
will be happy to buy a matching pair if you don't want to break up a set. If
you have one or two or can refer me to someone who does, plea
Thanks again, and best wishes--
--RR
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Hey Richard, if it is only a few cylinders why don'
Hi, everyone. I'm looking for a few specific cylinders to replace some that
have broken. If you think you might be able to help me out, please email me
directly and I will share the titles. Thank you!
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Hi, everyone. I'm looking to acquire an Edison C and an Edison H reproducer
for an experiment; I need them to be in good working condition, playing loud
and clear, preferably rebuilt. No repros, please. I'll be happy to buy them
outright or work out some kind of trade -- I've got other reprod
Hi, everyone. I'm looking for an Edison K reproducer is good working condition
(preferably rebuilt). If anyone has one, please write me and let me know what
you'd like to get for it, either in cash or trade. Thanks!
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Hi, everyone. I'm looking for an Edison K reproducer is good working condition
(preferably rebuilt). If anyone has one, please write me and let me know what
you'd like to get for it, either in cash or trade. Thanks!
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Greetings! Can anyone out there tell me the diameter of a proper set of door
knobs for a Victrola XII? Digital caliper measurements appreciated, if
possible. Thanks!
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Greetings, everyone. I'm looking to get a set of books on Edison cylinders,
and I'm wondering if anyone out there has any recommendations or comparisons
between the two sets: Allan Sutton's, published by Mainspring, and Ronald
Dethlefson's, published by Mulholland. I figure having both sets w
At long last, I've started cataloging and organizing my 78's. I've been
collecting them -- or, more accurately, accumulating them -- for decades, but
have never had any idea how many I have, and little idea what they were, other
than that they're all pre-war (I don't keep later discs) and I'm p
I have heard tell here and there that Edison, and possible some other
companies, produced 2/4 minute conversion kits for the Triumph model A
phonograph, but I have never seen one, and I'm not sure I know anyone who has.
Can anyone out there confirm the existence of such a beast? If so, have yo
George Vollema at Great Lakes
Antique Phonographs is one source for either type. Google Edison Triumph and
look at images to get an idea of the variety of options. Ron L From: Richard
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Greetings, everyone. I recently purchased a nice old Edison Triumph A that
came with two original horns: An 12" brass witch's hat, and a 31" brass
witch's hat. I focus on disc machines and haven't owned many cylinder
machines, and have never owned one for which I needed a crane, but I think I
Thanks! The phonograph is in storage right now, but it occurred to me that
perhaps it has a rear panel that can be removed to facilitate replacing these
folders...can anyone confirm or refute this?
> From: vinyl.visi...@live.com
> To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
> Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:36:31 -0400
> 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 Rich
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 origi
hardware is nickel
> or gold. Sonora Bombe style machines are scarce in Oak. There is a picture of
> one on the cover of Discovering Antique Phonographs by Tim Fabrizio and
> George Paul.
> Harvey Kravitz
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 4:16 PM, Richard
n...@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
&
I've recently been offered a Majestic model 181 radio/phonograph. Does anyone
out there have any experience with these, and, if so, have any caveats? I know
about the pot metal in the tuning condensers, and I know I'll have a serious
problem if either of the 50 tubes are dead; but what about t
l to "Americans of
> > foreign extraction" and "owners of lunch rooms and confectioner shops" so I
> > guess my Grandfather George Dimpapas and my Grandfather Apostolos Glastris
> > would have had them in their respective diners and candy shops in the 1920s.
> >
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
if you need to later.
>
> I tend to listen to period-appropriate records on each machine, and an
> orthophonic will certainly play up the deficiencies of acoustic recordings.
> But you can't go wrong with a big orthophonic like an 8-4!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> -- P
tend to listen to period-appropriate records on each machine, and an
> orthophonic will certainly play up the deficiencies of acoustic recordings.
> But you can't go wrong with a big orthophonic like an 8-4!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> -- Peter
> pjfra...@mac.com
>
f if you've never
> had an orthophonic before.
> >
> > Don't sweat the pot metal thing, if the price is right you should buy the
> machine and deal with the tonearm mount if you need to later.
> >
> > I tend to listen to period-appropriate records on each machin
I've never owned an orthophonic machine, but have recently been offered the
chance to buy one (see other post), and I'm wondering if I should. My main
concern has been one of sound quality; I've always suspected that acoustic
records sound better on older, acoustic machines, and orthophonic/elec
I've been offered a Victrola 8-4 (VV 8-4), and I'm wondering what to do. I
haven't seen it in person yet, so I don't know if it has any pot metal issues;
does this particular model tend to develop those? And if so, where? Just the
tone arm mount, or the tone arm itself? How about the reproducer?
Who's got the best price/quality combination on 10" record sleeves these days?
I need to buy a bunch -- 250, maybe even 500 if the price is right.
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This link explains the whole repair process. I usually lightly sand any sharp
burs on the mandrel shaft after the shaft is removed from the bearing.
http://www.wyattsmusical.com/centBearing.html
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Sent: Wed, Jul 6, 2011 2:53 am
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is
otally negotiable. A whole collection valued at 500k may go for as little
s 10% We know what the exhorbitant ebay fees are, but at least the buyer
oesnt have to pay a commission.
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Richard Mazur wrote:
>
Hi Ger:
Most auctions take about a 25 - 30% commiss
Hi Ger:
Most auctions take about a 25 - 30% commission rate; however it also depends on
how many phonongraphs you are planning to sell at the auction house. If you
decide to sell just 1 or 10 the higher the commission rate. If you sell your
whole collection like 50 or more then the commisson r
I thought the Idelia was in very good condition. The prices for the rarer
machines compared very favorably with the auction/price lists I have. I
wanted the Berliner "trademark" but quickly got blown out of the water. It
went for $10,000 (maybe a little more). If that is not a record it has to
s outside or with plenty of ventilation and let it air
>dry thoroughly, both inside and out, before reinstalling on the machine.
>
>Andy
>
>On Jun 24, 2007, at 7:08 PM, Richard Rubin wrote:
>
>>Greetings, everyone. I just picked up a nice old Victrola, in which
>>som
Greetings, everyone. I just picked up a nice old Victrola, in which someone
had duct taped the tone arm down at some point to keep it (I assume) from
swinging around. They left the tape on for many years, and though it has
since been removed, there is a wide band of tape residue on the arm.
I'm not sure about the knobs -- I think the first one is actually a little
wooden nub, and I don't know anything about the second -- but I wonder about
the decal, since every Elite I have ever seen has a compeletely different
decal -- much closer to the standard Grafonola decal with the word "El
I recently picked up a Sonora Elite with a wooden tone arm and lid support
and am in the process of restoring it. The lid support is broken at the
bottom (I can send a picture or two, if anyone wants to see them) and I'm
going to need to reproduce it, which shouldn't be a problem, but I'm
wond
Greetings all. I just picked up a beautiful Sonora upright -- my first
Sonora. The phonograph needs a good bit of restoration, but it's a
beautiful machine -- bombe cabinet (I think it's brown mahogany -- maybe
walnut, though it looks a bit dark for that), carved mahogany tone arm, etc.
The
Allen, is this chart viewable on the website, or in a book?
> We have an up to date chart of all Columbia cylinder machines, and their
>official and optional horns, with measurements.
>
>Allen
> www.phonobooks.com
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Greetings. Can anyone out there tell me anything about what kind of horn a
Columbia BF (aka "Peerless") might have come with as standard issue, and
what upgrades people might have made? The machine in question has no horn
but was found with a free-standing tripod crane, so I imagine it wasn't
In my experience, when people mistakenly use the term "Victrola," they're
usually talking about an inside-horn machine. If it were an outside horn
machine thay would have most like said "gramophone" or just phonograph. My
guess would be that it's an Amberola.
>From: john robles
>Reply-To: A
hat it came with 8 2-minute cylinders
in cases, so I suspect it is just a 2-minute machine as it is.
By the way, I haven't seen anyone post any assessments of the Union show this
year. What did you all think?
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From: richard_ru
Just wondering what you all think: Is it really worth the extra time,
effort and $$ to do the preview day at Union? I never have before, and have
always been pretty satisfied just doing Saturday, but I'd be curious to hear
from those of you who have done the preview day (as buyers, that is).
ing this reproducers performance compared to
that of the regular Diamond Disc reproducer. Does this reproducer have any
specific strengths or weaknesses etc...? I live in England and most Edison
stuff beyond the usual Standard and Gem machines and accessories are quite
rare over here !
Thank
Here's a question I've wanted to ask everyone here for a while, now:
Working off the assumption that Victors are the best-sounding phonographs
(which seems to be a general concensus -- please feel free to disagree,
though), who would you say made the second-best-sounding machines? Since we
ne
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>
>i prefer late edison DDs to orthophonics, myself!
>
>On Apr 10, 2006, at 6:42 PM, Richard Rubin wrote:
>
> > Here's a question I've wanted to ask everyone here for a while, now:
>
Here's an ethical question, which unfortunately could not have applied to
the Edison clock in question, since the biddes' IDs were hidden: In
situations where a bidder list is viewable and the item in question is
clearly being misrepresented, how would you all feel about contacting
bidders bef
O.K., I've checked around on this one and now I need some advice. I have a
Victrola XII which I've been restoring for some time now, and it's coming
along well. The motor is in fine shape, with one exception: The winding
shaft. At some point its its history, the tip broke off. I'm not sure
he crank in 1/4", not enough to even make a difference
>in the appearance.
>
>
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>Subject: [Phono-L] Victrola XII
>
>
> > O.K., I've checked aroun
nk the ball bearing idea is the easiest way out, as long as it is
> >small
> > enough to drop out of the crank easily.
> >
> > Ron L
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org]
> > On
> &g
er
>speaker
>jack is on the lower part of the cabinet. It will be a rouind bakelite
>faced
>jack, for a standard phone plug. It cuts out the internal speaker and
>connects your other speaker that you've plugged in. That jack may not be
>on
>the dynamic speaker model
er isn't documented for the
>Hyperion in Victor's service bulletins. If you have a speaker jack on your
>set, you'd probably never use it, anyway.
>
>
>On Victor's Electrolas (the Cromwell, Tuscany, 12-15 and 12-25), there was
>an input jack to plug in your battery set t
Hi, everybody. Yesterday I picked up (literally, though I needed some help,
since it weighs about 300 lbs.) a very unusual machine: A Victrola (or
Electrola) model VE 15-1, also known as the "Hyperion." (The latter is, in
fact, what appears on the ID tag.) It's in really nice shape except fo
't do too bad
>on local and distant stations, but somewhere, Victor recommended a 6 inch
>diameter coil of wire, hanging from the rear of the cabinet behind the
>antenna side, probably about 20 turns, with one end to an antenna and the
>other to a ground (water pipe, etc.). It'll
First off, thanks to Mark, Walt and Ron for your help on my question
regarding a Victrola XII crank a few weeks ago. I triend to post a thank
you on the board back then but I never received my own copy of the email so
I don't know if it posted or not.
As for that XII, I'm now looking for a sec
Hi, all. I'm looking for a crank for my Victrola XII. Not only don't I
have the crank, but I've never actually seen one, so if anyone has one that
they don't want to sell but would be willing to send me a photo of it
(preferably with dimensions), I would appreciate it. I had thought, once
up
Does anyone out there have a Pooley record cabinet (the one with the ejector
mechanism) with a key? If so, would you consider sending me a picture of
the key? I've never seen one, and I'd like to be able to know what it looks
like should I ever find one. And if you should know where I could a
Does anyone out there have a Pooley record cabinet (the one with the ejector
mechanism) with a key? If so, would you consider sending me a picture of
the key? I've never seen one, and I'd like to be able to know what it looks
like should I ever find one. And if you should know where I could a
Hi, all. I'm looking for a crank for my Victrola XII. Not only don't I
have the crank, but I've never actually seen one, so if anyone has one that
they don't want to sell but would be willing to send me a photo of it
(preferably with dimensions), I would appreciate it. I had thought, once
up
I have a Pooley record cabinet (the kind with the record-ejector in it) and
I'm wondering if anyone out there has one, as well. If you do, I have a few
questions: Do you happen to have the key to the cabinet? If so, would you
kindly send me a picture of it, so I'll know it when I come across
Does anyone out there have any advice on repairing a Victrola cabinet that
has suffered water damage at some point in the past? In this case, most of
the joints are separating and much of the veneer is peeling off, though it
is still present. Unfortunately, it's not going to be a simple re-glu
Ron--
I received the escutcheon, thanks for sending it. It seems the screws are a
bit too large for the holes in the cabinet; do you happen to have any
smaller ones? I know it is, at best, very difficult to determine the size
of the screws over email, so if it's too much trouble, don't worry
Hello, all, and thanks for all of the helpful responses to my original post
on this subject. As I said in the original post, I am restoring a Victrola
XII and am in need of some parts. Since then I have found the door but I am
still looking for the other parts (and I have more specific informa
I'm looking for the following parts for a Victrola XII (VV-XII):
crank
crank hole escutcheon
at least one door (preferably both)
door knobs
feet
keyhole escutcheon
key
needle cup
motor board knobs and screws
Now, I'm pretty sure that most of these, with the exception of the door(s)
and perhaps t
ut cheaply made using weak and
noisy motors. Has anybody got any thoughts or advise for a Pathe novice? I do
like some of Pathes unusual features such as the Reflex horn system and the
accelerated start lever.
Cheers
Richard.
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ne being finished in black. Were both
versions made of the same material (ie) Pot metal.
Thanks
Richard.
P.S.
Were there any pot metal parts on the Edison Diamond Disc reproducer ?
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