Well now that I threw my opinion on price far and wide, what do the rest of you think? Is $50 a fair price for a Fireside top mount carriage? John Robles
________________________________ From: Steven Medved <steve_nor...@msn.com> To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l@oldcrank.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 5:33 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Reproducer top wanted What does the carrige sell for? I believe I have an extra. Steve > Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:37:21 -0700 > From: john9...@pacbell.net > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Reproducer top wanted > > Great info Steve, as always! You are a credit to this group. > If anyone has a nice spare Fireside top mount carriage, I am in the market. > Thanks > John > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Steven Medved <steve_nor...@msn.com> > To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l@oldcrank.org> > Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 10:00 AM > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Reproducer top wanted > > > The chips can be repaired, normally the chips are in the front and back where > people tried to pry the reproducer out of the carriage. > > JB weld or a similar epoxy, I use steel putty, returns the top shape to round > and a chrome paint makes it match a bit better. I use a large carriage > broken in half courtesy of UPS to as a jig to fix the chips. You put Saran > Wrap on the carriage so the epoxy will not stick to the carriage and put the > Saran Wrap on the top of the epoxy to smooth the repair. > > This is something an average person can do, I am not that dexterous. With > Swiss files you can match the rim on the late dome tops and smooth the area > to match on the flat top. I am certain John could match the missing letters > and sign his name on the side, but I am not that good. > > Ron Sitko is having new tops made, he estimates around $75 for each one. > > Some people do not realize the O N R and S all have the same top, the serial > number is the only way you can ID the difference between the O&N and the R&S > tops. The N-56 has R&S serial numbers as the N-56 was made from R&S tops > when the R&S were obsolete. > > The N-56 appeared around 70,000 in the O&N serial numbers and around 31,000 > in the R&S serial numbers. > > An unscrupulous seller recently took an R top and this allowed him to sell a > cobbled O for $750.00. I wonder how these money grubbers sleep, very well on > their mattress stuffed with money I guess. > > Using micarta and a hammer frozen tops come out of the carriage easily and > without damage. You want to remove the weight first and tap one side then > the other seeing how far it moves each time by looking at the top of the top. > > > Steve > > > Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 04:06:17 -0700 > > From: john9...@pacbell.net > > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > > Subject: [Phono-L] Reproducer top wanted > > > > Hello all > > Anybody got a decent top for a model O reproducer? Same top as used on > > models R and S. I am trying to improve on the O that I recently obtained, > > and the top has two chips in it. > > Thanks > > John > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
