My Standard with and O reproducer and Cygnet horn has the BEST sound by far for 2 minute cylinders....Unfortunately the cost for an O keeps going through the roof. One just closed on ebay at $700!!!!!! However another option would be an S, that fits a standard carriage, has the larger diaphragm, is also a 2/4 minute, and is much more affordable than the O. Gregg Cline
john robles wrote: >It would not be possible, as the gearing is made for 4 minute play only. In >the 2/4 machine, there is an added gear cluster that halves the speed of the >feed nut, not the speed of the machine. You would need something to increase >the speed of the feed nut, which would take some very customized, and I would >guess expensive, engineering. Better to invest in a good 2 minute machine, and >for playing 2 minute I recommend an Edison Fireside. Any other >recommendations?? >John > >Robert Wright <[email protected]> wrote: >I'm a parent of a 16 yr old girl who's never damaged anyone else's stuff in >her life. So what? If she did, blame us both. I don't buy into that "the >kids don't know any better" stuff. I certainly knew when I was doing >something I shouldn't have been as a small child! :-) > >How great it would've been to have had a phonograph in my room as a little >kid, though, instead of only dreaming about them. If I have any more kids, >I bet I'll put my Amberola 30 in their room as well. > >Speaking of said Amberola 30, I want to formally thank this list for putting >me in contact with Wayne Holznagel, one of the finest individuals I've ever >had the pleasure to know, though this won't come as news to most of you. I >finally have my first cylinder player thanks to him, at a beyond-reasonable >cost, and feel blessed to have made a dear friend in the process. If any of >you ever have occasion to do business with Wayne, you won't regret it. >Indeed, it may spoil you. > >Also speaking of the Amberola 30, is there any way of modifying one so that >it can play 2-minute cylinders? Although Wayne sent me a beautiful machine >in wonderful shape, it was always my intent to use it for recording and >archiving cylinders, electrically and acoustically. I've already contacted >Rob Lomas about an electrical pickup, but I'm mainly worried about the >4-minute feedscrew situation. Any ideas out there? > > >Thanks in advance, >Robert > > > > >>I'm surprised at you gentlemen. Any parents amongst you? >> >>Not to brag, but neither of my kids (now ages 6 and 10) have ever >>broken a record or scratched or crayoned or poked any of my machines, >>and we're not nazis about enforcement. Both have had operating >>machines (one a vv-x and one an amberola 30) in their rooms since >>babyhood. It's just a matter of giving the kids the guidance they >>need. It doesn't stop with babyhood, either. >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >Phono-L mailing list >[email protected] > >Phono-L Archive >http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ >_______________________________________________ >Phono-L mailing list >[email protected] > >Phono-L Archive >http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ > > >
