I have an early 10 panel cygnet horn and springless crane on an Edison
Fireside. As you surmise, the system doesn't work very well as the force
placed on the carriage by the horn varies with the position of the carriage.
It happens to work on my particular example because the rubber coupling from
my reproducer to the horn is old and somewhat loose. This allows the rubber
coupler to move vertically a bit as the carriage moves which results in a
more uniform carriage pressure. But this original setup was not
satisfactory, I'm sure, and that's why the later versions use the spring to
suspend the horn from the crane.
Greg Bogantz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Medved" <[email protected]>
To: "phonolist" <[email protected]>; "Phono-l"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 9:08 PM
Subject: [Phono-L] Early cygnet horn without the spring
Hello,
Does anyone have an early cygnet horn without the spring? How do these
work without the coil spring? I have seen them but it does not look like
a workable system to me.
Steve
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