[Phono-L] Electric Motors in Phonographs

2006-12-24 Thread Bruce Mercer
As I mentioned elsewhere, every one of the universal motors I've ever heard were noisy things, very noisy. Edison used his own brand of motor and I'm not sure what Victor or others used but they were of different design but still noisy. It seems like they would have been more of a novelty for

[Phono-L] Electric Motors in Phonographs

2006-12-24 Thread Doug
...@sigecom.net To: phono-l@oldcrank.org Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 4:16 PM Subject: [Phono-L] Electric Motors in Phonographs As I mentioned elsewhere, every one of the universal motors I've ever heard were noisy things, very noisy. Edison used his own brand of motor and I'm not sure what

[Phono-L] Electric Motors in Phonographs

2006-12-24 Thread Doug
03, 2006 5:42 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Electric Motors in Phonographs So I'm thinking my Brunswick Panatrope with its noiseless motor bearing both GE and RCA markings must've been Induction-type, then. I'm no electrical engineering guy or anything, and I didn't know another type