I assume you are attempting to play 4 min Blue Amberols on your Amberola 30. The plaster core of BA's tends to swell over the years, causing them to not fit on the spindle properly. This is very common with these records. The simplest solution is to purchase a cylinder reamer from a phono parts dealer and carefully ream out the core until it fits on the mandrel. Some people do not like to use a reamer, in the belief that this will cause the core to not be perfectly round and the record will then fit on the mandrel off center. So one can just use fine sandpaper with care to remove some of the plaster. As far as the skipping and distortion, there are a number of possible reasons. The stylus may be chipped and should be examined with a microscope, or there may be a mechanical problem with the feed mechanism itself. Others on this list may give more specific solutions based on their experience with this machine. Ray
----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 6:22 PM Subject: [Phono-L] Amberola 30 help! > 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/ >
