Greetings, Friends!
I hava Columbia Portable phono that belongs to a friend, prolly
mid-late-1920s, with the grainy "rubber top" case. It had a pot-metal tone arm with a
broken tab that fixes its radius on a washer ring in the escuteon flange at the
base. I made a new tab for it, fastened with JB weld. It will probably
work until the fella's grand kid gets his hands on it -- Hahahaha!
Anyway, I'm certain this machine's reproducer is the wrong one. Now that
the tone arm is properly mounted the needle cannot be set to the correct angle
on a record because the reproducer is too large and does not set at the right
angle to the record. It's one of those non-descript aluminum-diaphram,
cromed "spider" versions, like an Orthophonic-spin off, with no markings anywhere
on it. Every Columbia phono (admittedly earlier machines) I've ever seen h
as a reproducer with the brand name on it, like a Victor "sound box" has.
These companies were proud of their parts, ya?
Does anyone have a correct reproducer for it? We could trade against the
one it has, or...
Relevant Details: The Model Number is 118.
The reproducer we have has a 2-3/8" diameter. It's nice and clean. It
would fit on a gooseneck with an outside diameter of 11/16" - 3/4" (it has a
thin, red-rubber bushing for a perfect fit on 11/16" diameter).
The gooseneck on the machine sports a short radius, much less than a
typical Victor gooseneck. The angle it ends at is not square with the record
grooves, which is why it doesn't line up the current reproducer. So, the
correct one mush have a ball or something, to adjust the angle, or it comes with
an offset socket, to properly line it up. I suspect it should also be a
smaller reproducer to line up right.
Thanks in Advance!
All the Best!
Edward, in Zigzag
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