Thanks, Bruce! I should've known to check Tim's site for some info! I guess I was hoping for a simple answer. I'll learn better one of these days. :-)
Gratefully, Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "bruce78rpm" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 6:31 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] orthophonic/credenza question > Here is a wonderful website with great research my Mr. Wakeman that will > give you the history of the Credenza and the various changes that were > made, including the positioning of the tone arm and the change to the pot > metal reproducer. > > http://www.gracyk.com/credenza.shtml > > Bruce > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Wright" <[email protected]> > To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 6:12 AM > Subject: [Phono-L] orthophonic/credenza question > > >>I have some friends who found a beautifully restored Credenza in Arizona a >>few years ago... Karen's eyes watered the second she saw the machine in >>the antiques shop, and that was all it took to sell it to Tony. They were >>very excited to share their discovery with me the next time I came to >>visit, and we played records for more than an hour. While I thought it >>sounded fine, it certainly didn't bowl me over the way I'd heard the >>Credenza would, in all its Orthophonic splendor. It sounded like every >>other wind-up I'd ever heard. >> >> Well, sure enough, no Orthophonic reproducer. The reproducer and tonearm >> were nickel-plated Silvertone stock, as evidenced by the reproducer's >> markings. I don't want to think the antiques guy farmed out the tonearm >> & soundbox to pay for the cabinet restoration, but... Well anyway, the >> soundbox matched the tonearm perfectly in color and finish, and I can >> only surmise both would need to be replaced to restore this machine to >> its former sonic glory. >> >> And that's where you folks come in (I hope!), with your wisdom, >> experience, and guidance! I only saw Tony & Karen's phonograph once, 6 >> or 7 years ago when they first brought it home, but I wanna say it's >> almost exactly like this one: >> http://www.lisaandmike.com/Graphics/victorcredenzaopen.jpg or this one: >> http://home.earthlink.net/~bchurt/credenza.jpg. I'll ask her if it's an >> 8-30 or what, but that may not even matter to what I'm trying to >> accomplish here with your help. Then again, it may be very important, I >> don't know. >> >> As a gift, I want to buy them a tonearm and reproducer that is original >> to their machine, and that will blow them away sonically. I just need to >> know exactly what I'm looking for. I can root through eBay with the best >> of 'em, but I don't trust my own research to find the right purchase. I >> have no idea how many different models of Ortho's are out there, and no >> idea what variations exist in the tonearms and reproducers. I need to >> have exactly the right one for their machine because they live 14 hours >> away from me, and Tony will have to swap the parts out himself, something >> I assure you he won't have the first clue about how to do. >> >> So can you help me? All I need is a few examples of what I'm looking >> for, and I'll gladly take it from there. Or if any of you have what I >> need for sale, I'd prefer yours over some stranger's on eBay. I also >> intend to have the reproducer thoroughly inspected and totally rebuilt, >> if necessary, something else I'll look to all of you for advice on. And >> I'll need to know a reliable source for the best needles. I've already >> got a stack of scroll-label Victors and some Viva-Tonals ready to go. >> >> Please let me know if there are any specifics you need to know about this >> machine before pointing me in the right direction, and I'll ask her >> within the hour. Thanks very much in advance to anyone and everyone with >> any input to offer! >> >> >> Best to all, >> Robert >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >
