[Phono-L] Amberola V

2011-03-29 Thread Mark Dawson
Wishing, and hoping ,one day to care for a nice example of a Amberola V. To me they are classy. So I put it out to the universe. Someone may be downsizing their collection? Don"t mind paying a premium price for a choice piece. By the way, a friend of mine lost perhaps 50% of his collection,

Re: [Phono-L] Frankenphone

2011-03-29 Thread Vinyl Visions
I have an odd tonearm and reproducer from a "Cliftophone" does anyone know anything about this brand? It would make a great frankenphone, because the arm and reproducer are unusual. The reproducer attaches horizontally to the tonearm (like a hockey puck) and the needle bar is mounted on the s

[Phono-L] Pathe Picture Disc

2011-03-29 Thread Vinyl Visions
I have found sources for discographies of American Pathe records, but does anyone know of one for French Pathes? I am still trying to discover information on my French Pathe can-can picture record. ___ Phono-

Re: [Phono-L] shipwrecked phonograph and records

2011-03-29 Thread Vinyl Visions
The REALLY eerie thing about this discovery was that a Vernon Dalhart record entitled - "The Wreck of the A J Goddard" was found along with the Len Spencer record... proving that Vernon was a time traveler!!! The crew got so depressed listening to the fortelling of their misfortune, that they a

Re: [Phono-L] Magnetic Pickup Repair/Restoraion

2011-03-29 Thread DanKj
The "Magnavox" Frankenphone, just discussed here, appears to have the exact part you needed. The whole assembly of soundbox, arm, base, and bracket, in fact. Only $1000+ ! - Original Message - From: "Bob Maffit" To: "'Antique Phonograph List'" Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 8:40 PM

Re: [Phono-L] Magnetic Pickup Repair/Restoraion

2011-03-29 Thread Bob Maffit
Ron:Steve: Thanks to you and others on the list, with helping me get my cast bracket part for my VV 2-40 last week. I got them from Ron Sitko as you recommended. It works well. Again, thanks Bob -Original Message- From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org]

Re: [Phono-L] Magnetic Pickup Repair/Restoraion

2011-03-29 Thread cdh...@earthlink.net
I normally don't get mixed up in these discussions, but I hve an CA V-225, and surprise! the cartridges are dead (and I haven't had the guts to take on the changer). RCA used crystal pickups after 1938, with the exception of the little puppy faced magnetic on some models. I did buy three RCA "Ma

Re: [Phono-L] Magnetic Pickup Repair/Restoraion

2011-03-29 Thread ny victrolaman
Thanks, Ron! I'll give that a try. NYVM On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Ron L'Herault wrote: > You don't have to put in a new cartridge, you can take a crystal cartridge > apart, throw out the Rochelle salt crystal and put in a "modern" crystal > from a 50s-6-s era crystal cartridge. I've do

Re: [Phono-L] Magnetic Pickup Repair/Restoraion

2011-03-29 Thread RBaumbach
The service data lists crystal cartridges for both of these. About 30 years ago I had a V-225 (the one that plays both sides of the record). I was able to find a couple of NOS cartridges for it, but of course they were as dead as the used ones in the record changer. At least the needles were n

Re: [Phono-L] Magnetic Pickup Repair/Restoraion

2011-03-29 Thread phonofolks
I found this on the web which may or may not prove helpful in your cartridge rebuild project. http://www.angelfire.com/electronic2/radiosean/tv/Cartridge-rebuild.htm -Original Message- From: RBaumbach To: Antique Phonograph List Sent: Tue, Mar 29, 2011 1:28 pm Subject: Re: [Pho

Re: [Phono-L] Magnetic Pickup Repair/Restoraion

2011-03-29 Thread Ron L'Herault
You don't have to put in a new cartridge, you can take a crystal cartridge apart, throw out the Rochelle salt crystal and put in a "modern" crystal from a 50s-6-s era crystal cartridge. I've done it successfully several times. The only alteration to the old cartridge is that you might have to use