Hi Al, Thanks, it would never have occurred to me either until I saw it on eBay, then it occurred to me that the Fireside and Gem have similar carriages.
With regards to the Alva on eBay, what models of the Alva have you seen and how many do you think exist and do you have any idea how many were made? Thanks, Steve > >Toward the end of the Gem line (Model E) it was planned for a Diamond B to >be fitted to the Gem with a 45º elbow but these were not successful. The >weight of the Diamond B created too much friction for the little under >powered >Gem spring motor. Instead the 45º large carriage and the Model N >reproducer >was supplied. The one example that appeared on eBay does appear to have >been a >Fireside carriage on a Gem B. Both were black and the Gem was not >converted >to 2-4 operation thus indicating someone just slapped on the carriage that >did not belong to the machine. I have never tried to swap a large >horizontal >carriage between one of my Fireside B's and Gem E as the question has >never >occurred to me. One would have to assume the dimensions of the carriage >were >the same and that the half-nut pitch would likewise follow. > >Best wishes to all on the list, may all your finds be rare ones, > >Al > >_______________________________________________ >Phono-L mailing list >[email protected] > >Phono-L Archive >http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/
