I have a large collection of Edison 2 minute cylinders and was just in fear that he diamond stylus in the H stylus would carve out or damage the grooves in the was cylinders. I know what you mean about wax breaking. I just broke my copy of Bake Dat Chicken Pie and I was almost in tears over it. Lucky for me I found someone willing to sell thiers and it is in better condition than mine was. So I guess it all worke out for the good. But thanks for your input. I think I have found a 2/4 minute attachment for my Sears Oxford that was made after the BKT so the BK conversion attachment will work on it. How cool is that? Still no luck on a complete Colubia BE 2/4 minute attachment. I found someone that has most of one but missing the right hand side of it. I told him if he can find the other part I would be more than happy to buy it. Again, thanks for all your help, Ken
________________________________ From: Vinyl Visions <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Fwd: Looking for info or a 2/4 minute attachment. Hi Ken,Yes, you can play 2 minute cylinders with an H stylus. However, that being said, I am not a big fan of playing wax cylinders. I don't particularly like the brittleness of the original wax and hate it when one breaks... also, I like the music on the Blue Amberols and Indestructibles better, so that is what I collect. Everybody has a different idea about this, but I have a friend who just paid a large sum for a 2 min 6" Columbia cylinder at Union and when he got home it fell out of the box and shattered :( Curt > Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 22:57:04 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Fwd: Looking for info or a 2/4 minute attachment. > > Bob and Curt, > If I do have an Edison H Stylus put in my Lyric reproducer by Steven Medved, > would I still be able to play 2 minute record with out damage to them? The > Edison 4 minute diamond stylus doesn't work on Edison 2 minute records, does > it? I have always used a K reproducer so I can switch between 2 and 4 minute > cylinders. > This is all a learning experience for me about Columbia reproducers and > conversion kits and the change in stylus needed. > Thanks to you both for your help, I really appreciate it very much. Honestly > even though I might not post always post on Phono-L, I do get a lot out of it > and everyone that I have met here has been more than helpful. I must say if > it was not for Joan and Rob Rolfs in 1993 and how they introduced me to thier > new Charter Chapter of M.A.P.S. in Wisconsin when I was only 26. Without > meeting them I would have missed out on one of the greatist joys in my life. > Now that I have been collecting for 19 years and 45 years old, I still learn > new things and always will and other than that I feel I have met some of the > nicest and honest people here that always reach out to me when I am in need > of help. > Thanks to you both Bob and Curt, and thanks to everyone else that has made > this a very enjoyable experience! > Kenneth Keeton > > PS: Sometime I will have to post here the story of how I just happened to > walk in to collecting phonographs and how it was for me at an early age. I > feel I have a very interesting story that goes to show how wonderful our > collecting community is. > > > ________________________________ > From: Bob Maffit <[email protected]> > To: 'Antique Phonograph List' <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 11:23 PM > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Fwd: Looking for info or a 2/4 minute attachment. > > Ken: > > I can attest to the same, Steve does very credible work at a "down to earth" > price. > > later > > Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Vinyl Visions > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 8:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Fwd: Looking for info or a 2/4 minute attachmet. > > > Ken,If you do find a 2/4 conversion kit, you will also need a 4 minute > stylus in your Lyric reproducer. Finding a 4 min original Columbia > reproducer is another needle in a haystack and not cheap. I sent my original > 2 minute Lyric to Steven Medved and he installed an Edison H needle bar and > stylus, along with a copper diaphragm, which works perfectly and solved my > problem. Steven is on the list frequently, so when you need him, just ask... > he does great work.Curt > > > Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:48:47 -0700 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Fwd: Looking for info or a 2/4 minute attachmet. > > > > Curt, > > Thanks for all the information. I printed it out so I can refer back to > it later. I do that with some posts so that it is easy for me to remember > and cataloged. > > Thanks again, > > Kenneth > > PS: I book marked your welcome page. > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Vinyl Visions <[email protected]> > > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 5:05 PM > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Fwd: Looking for info or a 2/4 minute attachmet. > > > > > > Ken, > > If you would like to see what a BE conversion looks like, go to our > webpage: http://www.carolinaphonosociety.com/ After clicking on ENTER, you > will be on the page with a woman and Nipper - at the top of the page, click > on the link "Columbia BF 2-4 minute conversion" > > I recently did the same thing you are attempting to do with your BE, to my > BF machine. However, I could not find the actual BF conversion kit and > adapted a BE conversion kit to work. The main difference between the two is > the length of the feedscrew. The BE is approx. 8" long and the BF is approx. > 10" long - the adaptation would not have worked in reverse - a BF kit will > not work on a BE. > > No one seemed to know much about Columbia 2/4 conversions when I was > researching mine earlier this year, so I have learned quite a bit about > them. First, if you find a kit, it has to include a feedscrew with the > gearing attached and an adapter plate with a locking post for the conversion > to work. Make sure all the parts are there before purchasing one, because > they are a needle in a haystack to find. The pics of my machine with the BE > adapter on it are on the above website. > > Although, Columbia made the adapter kits to be used with a number of > machines, they apparently did not make many of them because the cost for the > adapter was almost as much as the original machine and Columbia did not make > 4 minute cylinders (other than the Indestructible brand). It was also at the > end of the cylinder age, when most people were starting to opt for disc > records. > > Curt > > > > > Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:32:56 -0700 > > > From: [email protected] > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Fwd: Looking for info or a 2/4 minute attachmet. > > > > > > David, > > > I went back and check with the Columbia Phonograph Companion Vol. 1, and > you are very right. There was more than one attachmemt made to work. on > different machines. > > > Oops, Thank you for correcting me. I should have double checked my > facts before talking out of foggy memory and scatchy mental pictues. Still > I would love to find a BE 2/4 minute attachment. I wander if the other > attachment for the BK might work on my Columbia Oxford, it was based on the > BK but my Oxford Machinehad has the bedplate and gearing all look to be > identical to the BK. The Oxford case is plain with trim around bedplate and > base of machine. It is correct to be without decals of any kind other than > the double pinsripe on the Japaned black lacker bedplate. Information > passed on to me by Tim Fabrizio about the interesting fact that they did not > decal the case at all, just plane oak. The tone arm conmected to the horn > support is painted glossy black to match the backmount and bedplate, the > elbow connecting to the reproducer and the slide tube are nickeled. The > slide tube just turns under and connects to the elbow unlike the BKT > > > that has a "U" Tube at the end of the slide. I have a really nice > larger Columbia Black Petals Horn with raised accents aound each petal and > there this is a double yellow rose decal on each of the petals too. I > really like the way it looks with the black parts of the machine. > > > > > > I will attach a photo with this posting so you can see the machine. I > am quite proud of it as I am sure you can tell. But not as proud as my > mahogany Triumph and Home model A long case. > > > Any ways David, I would like to say thanks for correcting me, I have > learned many things from the post that have been made here. > > > Kenneth Keeton > > > > > > PS:The Picture of my Oxford Cylinder Phonograph is as an Attachment > within this post. > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > To: [email protected] > > > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 9:59 PM > > > Subject: Fwd: [Phono-L] Looking for info or a 2/4 minute attachmet. > > > > > > > > > Ken, > > > > > > I believe the 2/4 minute attachment for a BE, BF, and BG is different > than used on the BK, BO and BQ. I think I have a complete 2/4 minute > attachment for the later, but I think it is different than what you need. > If you are interested in the attachment for a BK, BO, or BQ, let me know and > I'll locate it and send some pictures. > > > > > > Regards, > > > David Boruff > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Ken aka: OnATorrent <[email protected]> > > > To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Mon, Jul 23, 2012 9:34 am > > > Subject: [Phono-L] Looking for info or a 2/4 minute attachmet. > > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I posted a message several days ago and saw no replys. I have a > Columbia BE in > > > fantastic condition and I would really love to find a 2/4 minute > attachment for > > > it. It is the same attachment that fits the BK, BF, BG, BO and the BQ. > If > > > anyone has a complete attachment for sale I would really love to know > and if you > > > have any leads to where I can find one, it would be most helpful. > > > > > > Thanks much as alwasy, > > > Kenneth Keeton > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Phono-L mailing list > > > http://phono-l.org/ > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > > Name: Oxford Cylinder Phonograph - 2 crop.jpg > > > Type: image/jpeg > > > Size: 1343378 bytes > > > Desc: not available > > > URL: > <http://oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/attachments/20120724/71d04ee3/attachm > ent.jpg> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Phono-L mailing list > > > http://phono-l.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org/ _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org/ _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
