It might be interesting, if it works, to parallel outputs from a portable CD or MP3 player and pump them through an Orthophonic horn with this thing. Thinking Al was interested, I didn't go back and bid on it.
Ron L -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Kj Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 1:45 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Unusual item on eBay I'll find out about the windings, when it gets here (I bought it; for $10, what the heck) ... I do have a driver made to fit on the Edison diamond disc machine, and it still works fine - but was also still in its box & might not have been used in the past. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 12:30 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Unusual item on eBay > > In a message dated 7/4/2005 1:45:17 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > This doo-hicky is a speaker driver that is intended to go in place of > the > sound box on a phonograph. It uses the horn of the phonograph as the > necessary horn for its operation. There were several such attachmernts > for > phonographs in the days of battery radios. It's reasonable to expect that > the winding in these speaker attachments are open, and that the thing > wouldn't work, but....... > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list [email protected] Phono-L Archive http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/
