Help with my first phonograph purchase

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Phonoboy
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Re: Help with my first phonograph purchase

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Congratulations. How much resistance do you feel when you stop winding? You may just not be winding it enough. I don't live far from Tulsa. I would be willing to look it over for you.
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Ramiro83
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Re: Help with my first phonograph purchase

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When im winding it, i start to feel some resistance but then i feel and hear a spring give way. Even with this taking place it will still play a full record.

Any idea what model it is?
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Phonoboy
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Re: Help with my first phonograph purchase

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It could be a broken spring, or hopefully, solidified grease. I'm not familiar enough with Brunswick to give the model.
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OrthoFan
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Re: Help with my first phonograph purchase

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It should play about three (10-inch) records on a full winding, so most likely the motor will need an overhaul and possible spring replacement, as Phonoboy noted.

It looks like you have a Brunswick model 125, circa 1918.
Brunswick Model 125.jpg
(From Brunswick Phonographs & Records, by RJ Wakeman)

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