I recently rebuild a Model H 4 minute reproducer (new diaphragm, gaskets and need). This was my first attempt to do so. On my Edison Standard, some (but not all) 4 minute blue amberol cylinders sometimes echo. It seems to be certain cylinders and not others. What would cause this problem. I thought rebuilding the reproducer would get rid of it. Is it likely a problem with the cylinders in question or the machine/reproducer?
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 3:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Phono-L Digest, Vol 3, Issue 161 Send Phono-L mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://oldcrank.org/mailman/listinfo/phono-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Phono-L digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Diamond disk rebuild (John Sheets) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 13:51:39 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: John Sheets <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Diamond disk rebuild To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> Message-ID: <4725677.1152219100146.javamail.r...@elwamui-hybrid.atl.sa.earthlink.net > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Thanks much for the specific advice. I will try this! JS -----Original Message----- >From: Ron L'Herault <[email protected]> >Sent: Jul 5, 2006 10:11 PM >To: 'Antique Phonograph List' <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Diamond disk rebuild > >John, the friction spring that slides under the motor board should >have a tiny bit of tension on it when the lift lever is up in the >playing position, and more tension when the lever is down. To get the >right playing height, loosen the two square head screws at the top and >move the outer tube up or down so that the flat feed gear does not >touch the feed screw mechanism when the handle is down. The feed screw >should engage the flat feed "gear" by the time the handle is at the >half way point of travel. The threaded part at the bottom is the >adjustment for playing height. If you can't adjust it, your diaphragm >may be warped. You can give the horn a bit of a downward bend to bring >the reproducer closer to the record or you can put another layer of >felt between record and turntable as a stop gap measure. > >Ron L > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Sheets >Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 2:47 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Phono-L] Diamond disk rebuild > >I wonder if list members with lots of DD experience could give me some >information? I am restoring a Chippendale Console Diamond Disk (case >needed a new base, lots of delaminated veneer, etc.) and am perplexed >by the post that the horn and reproducer turn on. Specifically, I am >not getting the proper distance between the bracket that holds the >horn, the finger that slides along the bottom of the motorboard (and is >adjustable up and down) and the stud that fits into the bottom socket >that the whole thing turns on. I can adjust all of these, but don't get >them to the point where the reproducer sits appropriately on the record >surface. Judging from the (rather poor quality) photos in the manuals >and in the Frow book, there is maybe 1" between the spring steel finger >and the bracket, but I can't set this and still have the lifting lever >work to move the reproducer up and down. (Is this understandable?) I >can also screw the stud at the bottom in or out, to lengthen the whole >po st. I have studied the directions in the DD manual but still can't >get the distances correct I am afraid. Any thoughts? Thanks in >advance-- John Sheets > >_______________________________________________ >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 ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list [email protected] http://oldcrank.org/mailman/listinfo/phono-l End of Phono-L Digest, Vol 3, Issue 161 ***************************************
