It looks like aluminum. The tone arm tracks fairly light, but to record you change a weight on the arm to make it heavier (and replace the fibre needle with a steel one). I hadn't thought of trying to use it in a real reproducer, that's something to try out one day.
Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron L'Herault" <[email protected]> To: "'Antique Phonograph List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 9:45 PM Subject: RE: [Phono-L] A new twist on a ****ophone > Is it a metal diaphragm, Jeff? Would it work in an Orthophonic > reproducer? > > Ron L > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On > Behalf Of Jeffrey Friedman > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 6:55 PM > To: Antique Phonograph List > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] A new twist on a ****ophone > > I assembled one of these kits a few months back. The instructions were in > Japanese only, but the illustrations were enough to get me through the > assembly, and one of the sellers has translated the later part of the > manual > > which includes experiments on changing the geometry of the soundbox. I > have > > not yet tried recording with it, which you can do using a plastic > substrate > (like a CD you don't mind wrecking, or one of those red Edison dictation > blanks you can find on eBay) and a groove guide. It comes with some > bamboo > needles and a cutter, the needles work well on 78s but I haven't tried > them > on 45s or 33s, though the kit will let you play records at those speeds by > gearing the turntable. > > Jeff > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Kocsis" <[email protected]> > To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 9:04 AM > Subject: [Phono-L] A new twist on a ****ophone > > >> Have you seen this? No **** insult intended, I think it's kind of neat >> :-) >> > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >
