[Phono-L] How to optimally outfit my BGT

Steven Medved steve_noreen at msn.com
Tue Oct 7 10:21:07 PDT 2008


On Columbia I thought the ones that played 2/4 have a small stylus that plays both.

> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 12:10:44 -0700> From: john9ten at pacbell.net> To: phono-l at oldcrank.org> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] How to optimally outfit my BGT> > I wasn't even aware there were two sizes of sapphire..I knew there were 2/4 minute machines.> > --- On Mon, 10/6/08, valecnik57-purc at yahoo.com <valecnik57-purc at yahoo.com> wrote:> > From: valecnik57-purc at yahoo.com <valecnik57-purc at yahoo.com>> Subject: [Phono-L] How to optimally outfit my BGT> To: phono-l at oldcrank.org> Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 11:05 AM> > I would appreciate some insight from the list regarding how to optimally restore> my Columbia BGT to play all the types of records it was meant to play. I think> this means:> - 2 min wax> - 2 min indestructible> - 4 min edison was amberol, (is this possible?)> - 4 min indestructible & blue amberol> > Shall I try to:> - outfit the lyric, no 12 (I think) reproducer with the correct sized stylus> to play all of the above? What would that be and where would I get it?> - find an additional lyric and fit one with a two minute stylus & one with> a 4 min stylus?> - What about this so called no. 15 "extra tention reproducer"?> > Thanks, Bruce> > > > > > > > -> _______________________________________________> Phono-L mailing list> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org> _______________________________________________> Phono-L mailing list> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org


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