[email protected] [email protected] via<http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&ctx=mail&answer=1311182> oldcrank.org 10:09 AM (4 hours ago) to Antique Hi I have a 950 that is complete for sale. And Roman in CT has one he got from me.
Arvin: This is the info he sent. Bill On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Arvin Casas <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- >From The Hubbard House On the park in Rochester, Vermont where it's always 1929. _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
