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> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:02:12 -0400
> Subject: [Phono-L] For Sale German made NOS Exposition reproducer and Early
> Holey H, H with holes in the weight
>
>
> If my posting bothers anyone please let me know as I actually enjoy fixed
> price offers from fellow members as it keeps me up on prices and I have made
> purchases.
> I am actually taking a loss on all of these as the H I will install new
> gaskets and you will get it at the price I paid for it and there is no
> rebuild charge.
> Holey H:
> It is an average looking H with a shiny top.
>
> The H with holes in the weight I paid $115 for and after rebuilding it I will
> sell it at $115, it is all original and in the correct band of serial numbers
> (A290,000 to A340,000) for the H with holes. All I need to know is if you
> want the stylus bar made not to move or to swivel. Edison made the swivel
> bar to compensate for the fast wear of the wax amberols, it did not work and
> by 1910 he fixed the bar in the H, K and J. Fixing the bar makes it track
> properly, but that is up to you.
> German made Exposition reproducer:
>
> There is a tiny bit of rust on the one flat spring that I left there
> intentionally, but I would grade it 98% and it looks new until you look
> close. Then you can tell it is old.
> I have reproducers I forgot I had so I want to reduce by selling about half
> of the ones I have. As you can see I am selling it for the cost of the parts
> I have in it, I am not making a profit especially when you include the labor
> I put in the rebuild.
> Here is a New Old Stock German Made Exposition reproducer with a paper label
> behind the mica. The reproducer HAD three problems, the flange, the mica
> (sound) and loose label. I corrected all three. Most of the rebuild people
> charge $40 just to replace gaskets, the instructions Victor has for the
> Exhibition tell you to put the needle bar up to the mica, but you get better
> sound and more volume with the bar around .003 away.
> First the metal flange would not fit Victor machines, I solved this by adding
> a Exhibition flange ($7.00) from Ron Sitko. To do this I had to tap the
> holes to 5-40 which I did by first tapping them to 4-40. Next I added two
> Exhibition flange screws from Ron Sitko ($10.00 for the pair, they are very
> nicely made and blued). Finally the mica was cheap looking and looked like
> the poor quality mica you see today with the large punched hole and the
> delamination on the edges so I replaced it with a NOS Exhibition mica ($7.50).
> Years ago I paid $40 for the reproducer in its box. As you can see not
> counting the rebuild, clean, and new gaskets I have over $60.00 in this
> reproducer.
> I cleaned the nickel in clock cleaner and then used Flitz so the nickel looks
> almost new. The back was painted black and has the original black paint that
> looks new. The paper label came loose, I cemented in back in place and
> installed new gaskets and sound tested it. It sounded better than the
> Exhibition I rebuilt with the hard gaskets back in the 1980's. I will
> include 5 loud tone Everest NOS Swiss needles and 5 gold plated medium trek
> needles with it.
> The needle bar has a round hole.
> The cost is $60 plus shipping and to cap shipping at $5.00 I will make the
> cost $65.00 which will include priority mail shipping with delivery
> confirmation in the 7x7x6 priority mail box. You will get the reproducer,
> its original box, the tissue paper it was wrapped in. The reproducer will
> not be packed in its box to prevent damage.
> If you have an offer that is close let me know, I will go by the first full
> or close offer I have. I have two of these, one is rebuilt the other will
> need to be rebuilt. I rebuilt if for someone that did not want it and will
> sell the second one at the same price.
> After selling all the reproducers I want to sell I will not break even as I
> purchased the diamond reproducers at full price and they all had bad
> diamonds. If I was not honest I could recover my full cost, but my
> reputation is worth more than money and I did not buy them to make money, I
> purchased them to keep. Now that my research is 90% complete I want to get
> rid of at least 50% of the reproducers that I have.
> Steve
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