FOUND: Columbia elbow, tone arm, and reproducer
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2017 9:59 pm
Cliff's parts worked out great and my ornate Columbia phonograph has come back to life!
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HELP HELP!! I picked up my first ornate Columbia upright phonograph as a project and read a couple of posts with regard to removing a Columbia reproducer from the tone arm and thought I would give it a try because the reproducer was in bad shape and ended up shearing the neck off of the reproducer!! The neck is now stuck inside the tone arm neck. In the process of pulling the pin, it came out completely; it disengaged from the inner spring. I had to use a pipe wrench to turn the reproducer clockwise so that the needle holder was at the 12 o'clock position but could not pull the reproducer off. It was really stuck. I ended up tapping the back of the reproducer with a piece of wood and ended up shearing the neck off.
The elbow that connects the tone arm to the base of the horn is falling apart also around the screw securing it to the tone arm. I'm about to try using JB Weld on it. This is really frustrating!! Does any one out there have the elbow, tone arm, and reproducer for a fair price, to make life simple again?
Please let me know!
Thanks!
AR
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HELP HELP!! I picked up my first ornate Columbia upright phonograph as a project and read a couple of posts with regard to removing a Columbia reproducer from the tone arm and thought I would give it a try because the reproducer was in bad shape and ended up shearing the neck off of the reproducer!! The neck is now stuck inside the tone arm neck. In the process of pulling the pin, it came out completely; it disengaged from the inner spring. I had to use a pipe wrench to turn the reproducer clockwise so that the needle holder was at the 12 o'clock position but could not pull the reproducer off. It was really stuck. I ended up tapping the back of the reproducer with a piece of wood and ended up shearing the neck off.
The elbow that connects the tone arm to the base of the horn is falling apart also around the screw securing it to the tone arm. I'm about to try using JB Weld on it. This is really frustrating!! Does any one out there have the elbow, tone arm, and reproducer for a fair price, to make life simple again?
Please let me know!
Thanks!
AR