Phonograph project-Which model?
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 5:35 am
Hey All
I'm currently restoring this phonograph. I bought it a few months ago in Ringe on Funnen (A Danish island.) It was rather worn and the restoration process has begun.
It "only" needs: to get its spring restored and get my hands on a new soundbox/reproducer. Which one would match? The base needs to get restored, it's in a bad condition with a lot of worm holes... But it's starting to look like something. The phonograph is most likely german and a very early one, but if anyone has an idea about the brand, I'd like to hear it. I've been looking for something like it for a long time, but haven't been able to find a model similar. It's incredibly simple the way it has been built.
I know that I principally have "removed" some of its originality, but there was so much rust that it had to be removed. Perhaps I'll coat the top plate with nickel again, but for now, this is how it looks. I'll give it a new life now, it used to stand in the moist basement of a farm, slowly dying...
I'm getting some help from a fellow collector back home, so I think it is in good hands
I will post some updates.
But for now, my questions is, how does I nickle plate the pieces? And where can I get a spring, that would fit?
I got the horn, but the Phonograph is missing a soundbox/Diafragme??
I'm currently restoring this phonograph. I bought it a few months ago in Ringe on Funnen (A Danish island.) It was rather worn and the restoration process has begun.
It "only" needs: to get its spring restored and get my hands on a new soundbox/reproducer. Which one would match? The base needs to get restored, it's in a bad condition with a lot of worm holes... But it's starting to look like something. The phonograph is most likely german and a very early one, but if anyone has an idea about the brand, I'd like to hear it. I've been looking for something like it for a long time, but haven't been able to find a model similar. It's incredibly simple the way it has been built.
I know that I principally have "removed" some of its originality, but there was so much rust that it had to be removed. Perhaps I'll coat the top plate with nickel again, but for now, this is how it looks. I'll give it a new life now, it used to stand in the moist basement of a farm, slowly dying...
I'm getting some help from a fellow collector back home, so I think it is in good hands
I will post some updates.
But for now, my questions is, how does I nickle plate the pieces? And where can I get a spring, that would fit?
I got the horn, but the Phonograph is missing a soundbox/Diafragme??