I believe the reproducer was made after 1930, one that was made for and not by
RCA Victor. I have at least two of these reproducers, I believe it was the
last reproducer made before the cheap generic one. I would not think the
machine has its original reproducer.
> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:37:39 -0400
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Phono-L] Questions about a General Phonograph Model E
>
> I got this cute little machine at an auction and have some basic
> questions I hope you can help me with. I've posted photos to
> Photobucket: http://s664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/chrisk33/
>
> 1) Does this look like the original tone arm?
>
> 2) How about the sound box -- see closeup -- It seems to say RCA and V
> in a deco style. Do those letters together mean that it was made no
> earlier than 1929 (the RCA and Victor merger)? Could it possibly be the
> one that was supplied on this machine?
>
> 3) The sound box is not fastened to the tone arm very rigidly. There is
> a cylindrical red rubber seal (hard and cracking now, don't know if it
> was ever flexible) in between and the sound box can be twisted a little,
> both sideways (on the axis of the tonearm) and vertically, changing the
> angle that the needle makes with the line of the groove. Should the
> needle be slanted at all sideways with respect to the record surface, or
> would anything other than 90 degrees be tracking error? How about the
> rake of the needle longitudinally in the groove? All the phonographs
> I've seen with one-use needles seem to have the needle at an angle, such
> as 35 minutes past the hour if the sound box were a clock. What is this
> ideal angle?
>
> 4) Lastly, much of the (nickel or chrome?) finish is corroded and pitted
> -- on the turntable edge, on/off switch, the needle cups -- can you
> recommend someone to restore these, or from your experience should I
> attempt to polish and plate them myself as suggested in "The Compleat
> Talking Machine"?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Chris
>
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