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[Phono-L] Pooley Flat Top VTLA photos

[john r. via Phono-L]

Hello all
Here is a link to the photos of the Pooley flat top VTLA I recently found.  The 
little wooden needle box was a bonus, anyone know if that came with the 
machine? It is faded, but it is mahogany also. It is lined on the inside with 
dark red padded velvet.Thanks!
VTLA by John Robles

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Re: [Phono-L] Sonora bombe and record folders

[Antique Phonograph List]

I do stock the Pathe ball tipped sapphire. Contact me off list for details.

Thank you,
Great Lakes Antique Phonograph
George Vollema
9496 N Woodbridge Ave
Bitely MI 49309
231-745-7175
victr...@triton.net
www.victroladoctor.com

On 10/16/2015 10:39 PM, Antique Phonograph List wrote:
Thanks, Ron. Any idea where I might find one? I'd like to pick up a 
Pathe ball stylus, too -- I've never has any luck finding either on ebay.


Ric


 Original message 
From: Antique Phonograph List 
Date: 10/16/2015 10:18 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: 'Antique Phonograph List' 
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Sonora bombe and record folders

You would need an Edison style diamond which Sonora probably sold.

Ron L

*From:*Antique Phonograph List [mailto:phono-l@oldcrank.org]
*Sent:* Friday, October 16, 2015 8:55 PM
*To:* phono-l@oldcrank.org
*Subject:* Re: [Phono-L] Sonora bombe and record folders

One more question:  Like most wooden-arm Sonoras, this one comes with 
two reproducers, one for lateral-cut records, the other, it says, for 
vertical-cut and diamond discs. Could these really play diamond 
discs?  If so, what kind of stylus would you need, and where would you 
get one?




From: phono-l@oldcrank.org
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Sonora bombe and record folders
To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 23:47:23 +

I posted this query last month about restoring the record filing 
system in a Sonora Elite phonograph. Since then, I have learned that 
Sonora actually called it an "envelope filing system," and that I have 
everything I need, EXCEPT for some sort of little metal brackets (a 
pair, to be precise) that secure the rods to the outside of the wooden 
framework for the filing system.  If you click on this link, scroll 
down to the third picture and look closely, you can sort of see what 
I'm talking about:


http://www.justanswer.com/antiques/5nb93-glenda-i-question-sonora-phonograph-recently.html#re.v/149/ 



Does anyone happen to have a pair of these they'd be willing to sell 
me, or at the very least a clearer photo of them?  I'd appreciate any 
help.


Thanks again,

Ric
uws...@gmail.com




From: phono-l@oldcrank.org
Subject: [Phono-L] Sonora bombe and record folders
To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2015 18:02:54 +

I am in the process of restoring a nice Sonora phonograph in a 
mahogany bombe cabinet; I found it years ago at an estate sale, and 
it's taken me a while to get around to it.  Like many Sonoras, the 
paper record folders down below had been removed, presumably because 
they had disintegrated, as they typically do.  Miraculously, some 
years later I found another Sonora -- the same model -- with a trashed 
cabinet (no grille, broken legs, etc.) but a full set of record 
folders in excellent condition.  Unfortunately, so much time has 
passed that I can no longer remember how to install the folders in the 
cabinet.  I found the attached photo online of the identical 
phonograph, and it seems like the rods (there are four of them, each 
half the width of the wooden bracket with the vertical slats) might 
slide into some holes in the bottom of the bracket, but I can't tell 
for sure. Has anybody dealt with this before?  If so, could you 
possibly offer me some instructions?


Also, I'm not sure which model this is; it came with a booklet 
identifying it as an Elite, but all the photos online of Sonora Elites 
show a different, smaller model.  (The one with what looks like a 
capital "H" in the center of the grille.)  I have checked the paper 
label on the underside of the drawer, and it doesn't say -- it's just 
a list of patents.


Finally, if by some chance anyone out there has a parts machine, 
please let me know.  Thanks!


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