I was recently contacted by someone who was restoring a Bettini reproducer, and who needed information on the "spider" assembly which holds the stylus. I sent him detailed photos and specifications of an original I have, and he proceeded to make an amazingly nice-looking and accurate replica. I've uploaded a photo at http://members.aol.com/taedisonjr/spider.jpg. While he was at it, he used the remains of the original diaphagm to determine the correct specifications of both thickness and hardness of the aluminum. After sourcing metal foil that exactly matches the original, he made a die to cut diaphragms to size, including pre-cut holes for all the screws. Both spider and diaphragm are *very* impressive pieces of work.
Anyone on the list who needs either of these important (and usually missing) parts can contact him directly: Lee Kirk, email [email protected], or call 559-561-8800. (Note: this is an unsolicitied testimonial and I have no connection with Mr. Kirk other than having supplied information to him. However I am extremely impressed with what he has done and I think there could be some fellow collectors who would be happy to get such fine reproduction parts.) Best regards, Rene Rondeau From AllenAmet Sat Jan 10 18:48:41 2004 From: AllenAmet ([email protected]) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:30 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] Bettini reproducers Message-ID: <[email protected]> In a message dated 1/10/2004 6:26:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > I was recently contacted by someone who was restoring a Bettini reproducer, > and who needed information on the "spider" assembly which holds the stylus. > I > sent him detailed photos and specifications of an original I have, and he > proceeded to make an amazingly nice-looking and accurate replica. I've > uploaded a photo at http://members.aol.com/taedisonjr/spider.jpg. > ************* They look fine to me too - I think that a stylus still must be inserted however. For thos interested, we still have several of the Bettini equipment (facsimile) catalogs available (36 pages plus cover). Allen www.phonobooks.com
