[Phono-L] Graphophone N Question: Ray please read.

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Ray:

I know someone who bouugh a model "N" years ago and had it renickled and cleaned by a very respected and knowledgable phonograph repair person. When the owner received the machine back the repair person stated that he had to move and make a new bearing on the end gate for the manderel to fit because the position of the old bearing?no longer fit correctly with the mandrel? which caused?the reproducer to track incorrectly. After the repair the machine played wonderfully.

Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: Raymond Wilenzick <wilenzick at bellsouth.net>
To: phonolist at yahoogroups.com; Phono-L at oldcrank.org
Sent: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 5:35 pm
Subject: [Phono-L] Graphophone N Question



Happy Tom Edison's Birthday to all.

I have a Columbia Type N Graphophone in very nice mechanical condition, but have 
a problem.  When the #2 reproducer is lowered to playing position, the stylus 
does not quite contact the cylinder surface on any cylinder I have tried.  The 
reproducer support tube is moving properly.  Has anyone else seen this with a 
Type N, and if so what is the solution?  I know the N was originally supplied 
with the #1 gutta percha reproducer ( which I don't have!), and wonder if it was 
thicker than a #2.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Ray
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