In addition to all the great advice on the DIY approach, let me give another hearty recommendation or our own Steven Medved. He fixed exactly this same problem with my Amberola 30 and knows as much about barrel-spring rebuilding as anyone in Edison's shop would have 100 years ago. (I don't mean to volunteer you, Steve, but I'm just so thrilled with the fine work you did that I can't keep it to myself!)
Best, Robert > -----Original Message----- Daniel Melvin > Subject: [Phono-L] B250 Diamond Disc spring question > > Hi all, > > I'm not much of an expert on Diamond Disc machines, but I have a beautiful > B250 that stopped working. I had just played a record and went to play a > second and the spring would no longer wind. The crank just moves loose. I > did not hear the spring break, so I am thinking it may have come > disconnected inside the spring barrell. Everything is so large and I've > never taken one apart before. Is this an easy thing to check? Is the > mechinism in a B250 unique to that early machine or could it be interchanged > with another? > > Thanks for any advise you might have. > > Dan
