Hi John ~ I've just read your question and Rich's answer. I agree, you should bend just sufficient to release -- no need to bend them perfectly straight up, etc. Also, you may find that you can get away with leaving some leaning in quite a bit (very minimal bending). As long as you can tilt one end out, that may be all you need to liberate the other.
It's better to err on the side of not bending enough. You can always bend a little more, incrementally. Regarding sending them out, I had an unpleasant experience with one of the major antique phonograph suppliers, who sell parts and do mainspring and other servicing. It took a very long time to get my spring barrels back (a 2-spring Brunswick setup with a nice, machined nickel-plated spacer between the barrels), and when it finally did come back the spacer was gone and in its place was a stack of mismatched washers! I wanted to save myself an unpleasant job and to this day I've never sent another out. I just take care of it myself. Andrew Baron Santa Fe On Sep 2, 2013, at 2:08 PM, john robles wrote: > Hello all > I have a question. I have an Amberola 75 that I got a a possible trade/sale > machine later on. For now I am keeping it. The springs are badly in need of > lubrication, and the leaves are coming apart as the machine plays with noisy > results. The springs may even need replacement. I have not regreased > Amberola springs before, and I see that the barrels are held closed with > metal tabs. To clean and grease the spring you have to unbend them. Anyone > done this with successful results (i.e. not breaking the tabs while bending)? > I am tempted to buy another good spring barrel assembly with quiet, well > greased springs for $95 as opposed to doing it myself. If I send it out, it > would cost me over $100 to have it done by someone else. I do spring > replacement jobs on Edison phonos, but I don't like doing it! > What's your advice? > John Robles > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
