Anyone recognise huge phonograph spring barrel?

Gramtastic · Post by **Gramtastic** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 4:46 pm

Hi,
I hope someone can tell me what this spring barrel fits - it is over 7 inches long and the drive gear is 4.5 inches in diameter - it weighs 7.1kg !!
Thanks
Andrew

clevelander · Post by **clevelander** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 5:01 pm

Edison Triton spring?

StL Bill · Post by **StL Bill** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 5:35 pm

Hi;
That is a spring barrel from one of the larger Columbia cylinder machines, the Graphophone Grand for example. They are not much
fun to work on.

Bill

OrthoSean · Post by **OrthoSean** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 6:28 pm

It's also similar, if not the same, as the assembly used in the Columbia BD disc machine. Yeah, I had mine done by someone else, I wasn't about to touch those beasts!

Sean

Phonofreak · Post by **Phonofreak** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:59 am

I have this same spring barrel assembly in my Columbia Elite. It seems that these were used in both cylinder and disk machines.
Harvey Kravitz

phonojim · Post by **phonojim** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 11:09 am

An Edison Triton spring assembly is made up of 2 cast iron barrels, one containing two springs and one containing a single spring. It, too is a beast, but not too bad to work with because the springs are relatively thin; .022", so even at 2" x 13' they are not too bad to handle. It weighs in at about 11 pounds or approximately 5 kg. That Columbia unit is really big. The 7.1 kg converts to a whopping 16.7 lb! What are the dimensions of the Columbia assembly?

Jim

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