[Phono-L] A new twist on a ****ophone

[Jeffrey Friedman]

It looks like aluminum.  The tone arm tracks fairly light, but to record you 
change a weight on the arm to make it heavier (and replace the fibre needle 
with a steel one).  I hadn't thought of trying to use it in a real 
reproducer, that's something to try out one day.

Jeff


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault at bu.edu>
To: "'Antique Phonograph List'" <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 9:45 PM
Subject: RE: [Phono-L] A new twist on a ****ophone


> Is it a metal diaphragm, Jeff?  Would it work in an Orthophonic 
> reproducer?
>
> Ron L
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org] 
> On
> Behalf Of Jeffrey Friedman
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 6:55 PM
> To: Antique Phonograph List
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] A new twist on a ****ophone
>
> I assembled one of these kits a few months back.  The instructions were in
> Japanese only, but the illustrations were enough to get me through the
> assembly, and one of the sellers has translated the later part of the 
> manual
>
> which includes experiments on changing the geometry of the soundbox.  I 
> have
>
> not yet tried recording with it, which you can do using a plastic 
> substrate
> (like a CD you don't mind wrecking, or one of those red Edison dictation
> blanks you can find on eBay) and a groove guide.  It comes with some 
> bamboo
> needles and a cutter, the needles work well on 78s but I haven't tried 
> them
> on 45s or 33s, though the kit will let you play records at those speeds by
> gearing the turntable.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chris Kocsis" <chrisk33 at cox.net>
> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 9:04 AM
> Subject: [Phono-L] A new twist on a ****ophone
>
>
>> Have you seen this?   No **** insult intended, I think it's kind of neat
>> :-)
>>
>
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