I've had one for about 30 years I converted it from the magnetic speaker to the RCA 106 unit. Not an easy conversion, but worth doing. Normally, the Radiola 18 is a pretty bland set, but the Loudspeaker 106 chassis makes a good sounding set out of it.
Doug. Houston ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Baron" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 12:27 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Mover > Hi Bruce ~ > > That's a nice unit. I had one of these, with that optional > electrodynamic speaker, fifteen years ago. Wish I'd kept it as it > was MINT. As I recall, the model was 7-26X on the plate. I owned > it for less than a year, and sold it to help raise money to buy back > my '29 Chevy (the first time), so no regrets. I always thought it > was interesting to have the electric pickup mounted on an acoustic > arm. I could point to that when explaining to whoever would let me > bend their ear, to explain that it was an early example of an > electrically amplified phonograph & radio combination. Good luck > with the move! > > Andy > > > > On Jun 17, 2006, at 8:31 AM, Bruce Mercer wrote: > >> Thanks for the tip about John Wrasse. I don't have any problem with >> being >> patient but the last mover kept lying to me. If it's going to take >> X months >> that would be fine but the fellow I had would tell the people he >> was going >> to show up to pick up the machine and wouldn't show. This went on >> for months >> on end. I don't want to inconvenience anybody else like that again. >> I'll >> give John a try. The machine is a 7-26 with an electrodynamic >> speaker. It >> looks to be in great cosmetic condition and is supposed to be >> untouched >> inside. >> If anyone thinks of another mover, just in case, please let me know. >> >> Bruce >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> Phono-L Archive >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ >> >> Support Phono-L >> http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ > > Support Phono-L > http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank >
