Spontaneous Grouping

[Starkton]

- was the intent of the fiber gear noise reduction, or something else?

I believe it was purely for noise reduction. Graphophones (cylinder and disc) used fiber gears for many years, and Victor employed them early on as well.

Sometime during the production run the fiber gear was discontinued. My two Type N's, number 42170 and 42193 (if I remember correctly), have none. Here is the motor of Nr. 42170. Picture taken from the German forum: http://grammophon-platten.de/e107_plugi ... .php?18476

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Stephan,

How interesting! Thanks for posting that - - entirely new information for me.

The difference is easily explained because we Americans insist on a high-fiber diet...

George P.