Columbia Viva Tonal 711

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mikejk
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Re: Columbia Viva Tonal 711

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Thanks for all the nice comments.
This is my first experience with a floor model Viva Tonal , previously having only a portable.
The cabinet is impressive and well constructed and heavy. I like the elegant long curved tone arm assembly.
Sound is very good and this is a fun phonograph to use.
These Harmony records sound particularly good on this machine.
This wasn’t a Facebook find for me , I purchased from another collector.
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gramophone-georg
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Re: Columbia Viva Tonal 711

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Contact Mica Monster on here abut re-doing the isolator on your reproducer. He fixed my 810 right up.
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mikejk
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Re: Columbia Viva Tonal 711

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Thank you gramophone-georg.
Will do that. You may have noticed the rubber sleeve connecting the reproducer. My thought was to compensate for the lack of a soft rubber isolator. Reproducer is airtight but red gasket rock hard.
Thanks to all for the input.

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