Thanks Ron - Can you shoot me his info off list?
On 4/8/13 11:22 AM, "Ron L'Herault" <[email protected]> wrote: >And I know a fellow in Georgia who does a great job restoring the pickups. >He's done a Vic and a Columbia for me. > >Ronald L'Herault > >Lab Supervisor, Biomaterials Division >B.U. School of Dental Medicine >801 Albany Street S203 >Roxbury, MA 02119 > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >On >Behalf Of [email protected] >Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 10:10 AM >To: Antique Phonograph List >Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Columbia-Kolster 950 - Radio Phonograph Combination > >Hi >I have a 950 that is complete for sale. And Roman in CT has one he got >from >me. > >-Barry > > >----- Reply message ----- >From: "Arvin Casas" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: [Phono-L] Columbia-Kolster 950 - Radio Phonograph Combination >Date: Mon, Apr 8, 2013 8:46 am > > >Hi All, > >I recently picked up a Columbia-Kolster 950, a "Radio - Phonograph >Combination" piece embedded inside a secretary (i.e., a desk - not a >human!). It seems to have been bouncing about for some time in my region >(New England) before I rescued it from an oddly forgetful seller's >disgruntled girlfriend (a very unnecessarily long story). > >The desk as furniture is rather nice - it's a traditional secretary with a >built in hutch above. The secret of this secretary is the main drawer >which >actually holds the phonograph. From what I can gather the industrial >looking GE motor is intact, as well as all the wires - involving the motor >and the electric pickup (with its volume knob in place). I only brought >it >home Saturday evening and have yet to truly get inside things. > >Sadly the phonograph is all that remains of this unit. All during the >courtship process of buying, the seller insisted that "everything was >intact" including the amplifier and speaker, yet admitted that "I don't >know >anything about these things." As you would predict with such kinds of >hyperbolic, bi-polar sales pitches, this was not the case. I noticed >quite >loudly upon inspecting the piece in the freezer-cold room of the storage >facility, that these two key components were nowhere to be found. >The disgruntled girlfriend, who had been roused from sleep to meet us >after >the appointment had been forgotten by the seller, was happy to let us cart >it away for a fair, adjusted sum. > >If I can get the phonograph working again on its own, I may try connecting >the pickup wires to an amplifier. Ideally, but perhaps with less >probability of success, I would love to restore this to something close to >the original (if not the original itself). Does anyone here know what >once >lived north of the phonograph in these late 1920's hybrids ? All I have >is >an empty cupboard, so to speak, so I don't even have a visual reference of >what was once there. Is it possible to approximate the original via >Kolster >radio components of the same specifications? If so, what might those >specs >be? > >Even if it sits idle as a desk I'm happy to have it. I feel like it's a >nice "bridge" piece to have in my Columbia collection, between the worlds >of >mechanical and electric. > >Thanks, > >Arvin > > >_______________________________________________ >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
