One of the phonos even had a little stand next to the turntable, with
'ledges' marked Loud Medium & Soft, to help set the needle at various
depths. Cheney or maybe Sonora; will hafta look through my files. Pathe
also recommended trying different lengths for the desired volume.
If I'm trying to play electric discs & have only Loud needles, I leave
them pulled out the way Robert did.
By making that side of the lever longer (moving the fulcrum UP, in effect)
, you're making it easier for the needle to negotiate those long, wide bass
zig-zags in the groove.
ps - Did Orthophonic boxes ever have a triangular needle chuck? I haven't
yet seen one. (And don't care for them, because the "Soft" tone needles I
bought are too skinny to be clamped in a triangular hole ! )
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---- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Horenstein" <[email protected]>
To: "'Antique Phonograph List'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] An interesting observation
Yes, I've also noticed that it minimizes that dreadful vibration sound on
a
reproducer that may need rebuilt.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On
Behalf Of Robert Wright
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 2:00 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Phono-L] An interesting observation
Been meaning to post this for a few days now...
I was recently
spinning some discs on my Victor Orthophonic suitcase model, and it
dawned on me to try something out. I slipped a new needle into the
shank, and I pulled it back out maybe a millimeter or so, just enough
to keep the blunt end from resting against whatever it rests against
before tightening the thumbscrew. I immediately heard a noticeable
difference in volume (maybe 1 to 2 dB), slightly wider frequency
response, and most significantly, an openness (for lack of a better
word) I'd never heard before on any windup phono. It seemed like all
this time, something was slightly constricting the diaphragm, just like
pretty much every windup phono I've ever heard in person, and suddenly
there was a whole new freedom to the sound pouring out of it.
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