2 to 4 min cylinder

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2 to 4 min cylinder

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I hope someone can help I am trying to find out besides changing reproducer what I need to do to play 4 min cylinder or 2 min ones I have added a few pic of my player to help

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Re: 2 to 4 min cylinder

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The pictures didn't show up. What model of cylinder phonograph do you have, and what kind of reproducer is in it?

Are you playing wax or celluloid cylinders?

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Lidolfan wrote: Fri Oct 22, 2021 5:23 pm I hope someone can help I am trying to find out besides changing reproducer what I need to do to play 4 min cylinder or 2 min ones I have added a few pic of my player to help
I don’t see any pictures but if your machine has the proper gearing you should be good to go. But any Diamond B&C reproducer is not recommended for Wax Amberols if you’re planning to play those. But you can get away with playing blue amberols with all 4 minute reproducers.

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Re: 2 to 4 min cylinder

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Unfortunately I keep getting an error while trying to take a picture. inside the lid it says type D and I came with a model C reproducer I might be getting a model H for the 4 min ones but it looks like a model B standard to me

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Re: 2 to 4 min cylinder

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Standards are fun machines.

If it says it's a D inside the lid it's probably a D; the gear cover is going to be flatter than if it was the high humpbacked gear cover of a Standard B converted to 4m.
You definitely need a Model H to play 4m cylinders. The stylus on the Model C is too large, and it'll sound bad on your Blue Amberols and eat the grooves of your wax ones. The right reproducer makes all the difference.

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Re: 2 to 4 min cylinder

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If you machine is infact a model D, there will be no endgate on the mandrel.
Model B's have an endgate

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You should be able to determine which model Standard you have by carefully checking this article:

https://www.antiquephono.org/spotters-g ... honograph/

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Lidolfan wrote: Fri Oct 22, 2021 11:10 pm Unfortunately I keep getting an error while trying to take a picture. inside the lid it says type D and I came with a model C reproducer I might be getting a model H for the 4 min ones but it looks like a model B standard to me
Good to know I’m not the only one getting this error when trying to upload photos too.

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Ok to try and describe it it does have a mandrel arm so it is not a D it had a 3 hump cover over the gears but it is not flat it is rounded and has no striping serial number is 40366

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Re: 2 to 4 min cylinder

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The serial number makes it a Model A Standard. That is a two-minute machine, and your description of the gear cover suggests it still is.

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