One other supplier of phono motors in the late twenties was Bodine Electric Co., of Chicago. Majestic used them in their electric players in the late twenties. I believe that Capehart also used them.
I don't know when they started, but General Industries, of ERlyria, Ohio did a lot of governor cotrolloed induction motors in the thirties. their brand name was "Flyer". The motors were gear drive to the turntable spindle and could be had in 78 or 3 1/3 only or 78-331/3 with a gearshift. they were very popular with custom phonographs. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Mercer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 4:16 PM Subject: [Phono-L] Electric Motors in Phonographs > As I mentioned elsewhere, every one of the universal motors I've ever > heard > were noisy things, very noisy. Edison used his own brand of motor and I'm > not sure what Victor or others used but they were of different design but > still noisy. It seems like they would have been more of a novelty for the > wealthy. The Induction motor was a different story. Every one of those > I've > seen were made by G.E. including those used in Edison and Victor machines, > and possibly others as well. They are noiseless compared to a universal > motor. I'd be interested to know of any other brands of induction motors > that were used in machines of the day. > > Bruce > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ > > Support Phono-L > http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank >
