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> On Oct 5, 2014, at 5:08 PM, Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, everybody. I picked up a nice Columbia BI Sterling this summer, and have > been trying to figure out how to deal with the fact that the nickel-plating > on the horn, tone arm, reproducer and back bracket is faded and splotchy. I > thought this might be better left to a professional, so I found a guy in my > area on the internet and took it to him for polishing. Big mistake! He > accomplished exactly nothing except stripping the nickel plating off the > reproducer (brass underneath), and charged me anyway. He couldn't even guess > what the issue was with the plating -- only said he'd tried his best. So now > I'm worse off than when I started. > > So, what's my next move? Is there anyone in New England, Boston or north, > who does nickel electroplating? Any idea how much that would cost? Are > there any products and/or techniques I should try myself? (I don't have > access to a polishing wheel or anything like that.) And does anyone have a > nice Columbia Analysing reproducer they'd care to sell me? (I also need a > crank and a lid latch, if anyone has either of those.) > > Thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
