Thanks for the tip. I just made the adjustment and it worked. It seems that the same rod works as a speed adjustment as well. I learn something new every day. Tom
----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To: Thomas Jordan<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 4:38 PM Subject: RE: [Phono-L] Edison GEM question congrats on the Gem, the iPod of a long gone era. yes, there were 2/4-capable Gems, but it doesn't sound like you have one. there's a little flip-over gearchange up top to make that happen. what you've got instead is a little confusion over how the on/off and speed-control works. if you take the bottom off, you'll be able to quickly see what's happening, better than i can describe it. if you adjust the threaded rod so that at one click it's off (by jamming the governor), and at the other detent it's running (usuing the governor to set the speed) you'll be all set. fiddle around and you'll get it after a while. On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 15:56:30 -0600 'Thomas Jordan' <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > I just added an Edison GEM phonograph to my collection. Since I've = > never owned or operated one, I was surprised to find that it runs at two = > speeds. > > When the control knob is pushed in to the first click, it plays 2 minute = > wax cylinders perfectly and at the correct speed. When I press it in = > all of the way, it runs faster. Too fast for 2 or 4 minute cylinders. > > Were these machines set up to play another type of cylinder? I thought = > at first it might be a 2/4 minute setup. That doesn't seem to be the = > case. > > Will someone please enlighten me? > Thanks in advance for your help. > Tom > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/<http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/> > -- -- Peter [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
