Which Reproducer

ambrola · Post by **ambrola** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 8:51 am

What reproducer do you use to play 4 minute wax? C or H?

phonogfp · Post by **phonogfp** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 8:59 am

Scroll about half-way down...

http://www.antiquephono.org/basic-antiq ... onal-tips/

George P.

ambrola · Post by **ambrola** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 10:04 am

Thanks George. That would be H. My mind don't work like it used to. I hardly ever play these and forgot.

Springmotor70 · Post by **Springmotor70** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 10:17 am

Plus not this always works but... C comes before H...and 2 minute wax came before 4 minute

A (Automatic), B, C....H

52089 · Post by **52089** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 10:25 am

Also, the tail of the Model H says "4 minute".

Springmotor70 · Post by **Springmotor70** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 10:45 am

Drat! - while over-thinking the explanation I've left out the obvious!

ambrola · Post by **ambrola** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 11:10 am

OK, I am crawling back in my cave.

Edisone · Post by **Edisone** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 8:48 pm

If I ever get it detached from its adapter, I'd like to use a docked-weight H which came with an Amberola 30 apparently made for a language course. Pot-metal swelling has so firmly attached a brass swivel fitting that I might need to cut off (and destroy) the fitting. Somebody must have forced the issue, causing the adapter itself to be twisted apart. Meanwhile, the reproducer itself is stuck in a pot-metal ring which allows it to fit the Amb30 carriage. Ack.

52089 · Post by **52089** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 9:01 pm

Edisone wrote:If I ever get it detached from its adapter, I'd like to use a docked-weight H which came with an Amberola 30 apparently made for a language course. Pot-metal swelling has so firmly attached a brass swivel fitting that I might need to cut off (and destroy) the fitting. Somebody must have forced the issue, causing the adapter itself to be twisted apart. Meanwhile, the reproducer itself is stuck in a pot-metal ring which allows it to fit the Amb30 carriage. Ack.

I'd try penetrating oil (and patience), and follow that up with the freezer treatment if necessary. You may need to gently tap around the edges out of the adapter to get this to move. Try not to be too hard on the pot metal reducer ring as they are not easy to find.

Edisone · Post by **Edisone** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 10:08 pm

Actually, the reducing ring came out of the carriage, and the H will come out of the ring with care - but it's that pesky nickel or chrome plated doohickey on top that won't come off the H ! Penetrating oil, PB Blaster & extended freezer sessions have done nothing - except to stink-up Mom's freezer so badly that I had to defrost it & scrub with boxes of baking soda! That reproducer setup is the only reason I bought that 30, even though it's an otherwise fine (and SILENT) 30.

ps - Now that I look at the pic & think some more, I suppose the thing doesn't really need to swivel on the neck of the H, as long as the horn can swivel on the back piece. The problem is that the back piece, which extends from the 'nipple' into the horn, must be reattached, and I doubt it can be soldered while the nipple is gripping the H's neck .

Attached pics are from a Nov 2014 "neelam" eebay listing.

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