Went to Union for the first time this year & really enjoyed it. While there, I spent my usual hour scanning the parts bins for a 12" nickel trim ring for my Columbia BD. No luck again. Spoke at length to two of the nicest people at the show, and the ones most likely to make reproduction rings, Janyne Smith and Ron Sitko. Both independently said the same thing: They never attempted to make reproduction Columbia trim rings because they do not think that there is a sufficient demand to justify tooling up for such an item.
Every time I bring this topic up, I get many off-list requests from other collectors looking for these often missing rings. My proposal: If you are interested in either a 10" (BI style) or 12" (BD style) nickel-plated Columbia turntable ring, contact me off-list with the size (10 or 12) and number of each ring you would be interested in, if good reproductions were available. I'll put the info together and then contact Janyne and Ron to see if we have enough demand to justify them producing these items. Greg Caringi [email protected]
