Thanks, Ron! I'll give that a try. NYVM
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Ron L'Herault <[email protected]> wrote: > You don't have to put in a new cartridge, you can take a crystal cartridge > apart, throw out the Rochelle salt crystal and put in a "modern" crystal > from a 50s-6-s era crystal cartridge. I've done it successfully several > times. The only alteration to the old cartridge is that you might have to > use tiny nuts and bolts to put it back together if you can't get the right > rivets. > > Ron L > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On > Behalf Of ny victrolaman > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 11:23 PM > To: Antique Phonograph List > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Magnetic Pickup Repair/Restoraion > > Thanks, Bob, although I have to admit that I was really hoping it was > a magnetic pickup; seems to me it's much easier to restore one of those > than > to replace an old crystal cartridge without altering the appearance of the > pickup. Bob, do you have any more information on the pickup? Does anyone > know where I might have the best shot at finding a suitable replacement? I > imagine NOS wouldn't be much better (if at all) than what I have now. > > NYVM > > > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 7:05 PM, RBaumbach <[email protected]> wrote: > > > According to the red book, the V-205 has a crystal pickup cartridge. > > > > > > On MondayMarch 28, 2011, at March2820112:25 PM, ny victrolaman wrote: > > > > > Greetings, everyone. I recently picked up an RCA Victor model V-205, a > > 1941 > > > radio-phonograph combination. I believe the phonograph has a magnetic > > > pickup (though if anyone suspects otherwise, please let me know!). I > > > haven't bought a machine with a magnetic pickup in years, and the > fellow > > who > > > used to repair/restore them for me has since passed away. Can anyone > > please > > > recommend someone who works on these? I'd heard tell of such people > here > > > and there in the past, but it seemed they were all expensive AND very > > slow; > > > I'd prefer someone reasonable and quick. Call me spoiled. > > > > > > I'm also wondering what I would have to have and do in order to restoe > > such > > > a pickup on my own. Any ideas? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > NYVM > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Phono-L mailing list > > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
