Your cylinder records sound as though they need to be reamed to properly fit the mandrel. If your diamond stylus is not worn then your weight maybe tight. It should swing freely from side to side within the limit loop. George
> Just got my "new" Amberola 30. This is my first Amberola and I have a > problem. Everything seems fine until I try to play a cylinder. First, > the > cylinders do not fit on the spindle properly... they fir tightly and will > not fit > completely on the spindle. > > When I try to play the cylinders, they seem to skip and are not really > playable. I cleaned the stylus which made the sound clearer, but still > distorted. > Any ideas? > > I may me doing the whole thing wrong... I've been known to screw up now > and > again, but I do have (and know how to use) two-minute machines! > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ >
