I've listed my Kent Adaptor on Ebay along with some needles and an Oro-Tone
Chieftain reproducer. Feel free to check it out:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kent-Adaptor-and-Oro-Tone-Chieftain-Reproducer-for-Edison-Phonograph-/251322451024?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item3a83fc4450#ht_387wt_919
Thanks,
I agree with everyone who has had a negative experience with antique shops...
the odds are slim and none. Most antique shops call pickers who they know will
immediately buy certain items, so the randomness of the find becomes very
slight. Same with flea markets, unless you just stumble onto
Not sure, but that tonearm looks like the same that were used on backmount
Columbia horn machines...
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 18:13:34 -0400
From: it...@arvincasas.com
To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
Subject: [Phono-L] Wanted: Columbia tonearm assembly for Portable 150
Hello Phono-L Pholk,
I'm
I seem to do all right in antique shops myself, but the truth is my interests
are wide-ranging and I really don't need any more things, so I'm more curious
than driven. The Tales Of The Herzog And The Auxetophone are wonderful, though
(capitalization is necessary for such fantastic
Well, if we want to discuss the past, yes, back in the 70s I did find some good
things in shops. And during the 80s I did well finding things at antique shows,
too. The 90s weren't entirely bad, but much sparser. And lately NADA. But
how about a little ray of sunshine? --- last year while
Tim, I'm glad all is not doom and gloom for you. Remember, though, all these
past experiences people are mentioning seem to be from the 2000s, not the
70s-90s, plus you know the gent who got a Credenza inspired by my find _quite
well_. (I suppose I shouldn't even mention the late Edison Long
From: Steven Medved
Normally the Diamond B does not expand that much unless it was stored where
temperatures varied over the years like an unheated attic where it got very
cold in the winter and very hot in the summer. Pot metal reproducer on
Vancouver Island in the Victoria area remain
I am thinking this oak Amberola 75 was not kept in a great place. The finish is
pretty nice actually, but the reproducer is spotty and the limit loop and pin
are rusted. It needs the motor gone over, and the springs need regreasing if
not outright replacement. I bought this for eventual resale
Well, I wouldn't say burnout more like fatalism. Which I guess is worse ---
oh, oh I better keep my mouth shut!
TF
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