The General Phonograph Co. of Elyrial Ohio, first advertised in "Talking Machine World" in 1921. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Medved" <[email protected]> To: "Phono-l" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:02:55 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Questions about a General Phonograph Model E
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 > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org -------------- ATTACHMENT -------------- **An Attachment Was Scrubbed** Name: b52d_1.JPG Type: image/pjpeg Size: 35750 bytes URL: <http://oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/attachments/20091024/9553f06a/attachment.bin> _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
