I bought a Sonora Elite a few years back and have been slowly restoring it.
One thing that was missing was the record-filing system -- all of the paper
folders were gone (apparently the quality of the paper was not very good; I've
seen a lot of Sonoras that were missing these), though the original metal rods
that held them in place were still present. Lo and behold, later on I found
another Sonora Elite with an unrestorable cabinet, from which I salvaged
everything else -- reproducer, tone arm (in this case, a metal tone arm; the
original has a wooden one), motor, motor board, crank, etc...and, yes, a
complete set of record folders in excellent condition. I'd really like to
install them, but I'm having a hard time figuring out the best way to go about
this. Has anybody out there has to deal with this? Can anyone offer any
guidance on this? The cabinet does have the vertical wooden slats -- seven of
them, I believe.
Also, my Sonora is missing its casters -- or, I should say, its original
casters; someone replaced them with ugly plastic casters much later. I'd like
to get a set on there. Will any age-appropriate metal casters do? How easy
are they to find?
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