Playback Head Compatibility
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Playback Head Compatibility
Which machines work with the Model M and Model O playback heads? Would this phonograph work?:
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Re: Playback Head Compatibility
Model K?
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Re: Playback Head Compatibility
MisterGramophone wrote: Mon Jun 30, 2025 1:16 pmModel K?
Yes.
With a combination attachment. 2-4 minute gearing.
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Re: Playback Head Compatibility
How would I get 2–4 minute gearing?Damfino59 wrote: Mon Jun 30, 2025 1:38 pmMisterGramophone wrote: Mon Jun 30, 2025 1:16 pmModel K?
Yes.
With a combination attachment. 2-4 minute gearing.
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Re: Playback Head Compatibility
You could make a "Wanted" post on the trading forum. Or pick one up from Ebay and install it on the intermediate gears between the feedscrew and mandrel. Looks like this.
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Re: Playback Head Compatibility
Well, for a Model A Standard that's 2 minute only, a C reproducer is correct; but if you want to play 4 minute cylinders, then get the gearing and either a C and an H reproducer, or a K.
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Re: Playback Head Compatibility
“Playback heads” are on tape recorders. The term you want is ‘reproducer’.
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Re: Playback Head Compatibility
I have a Model K reproducer without the stylus if you find the gearing.
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Re: Playback Head Compatibility
Model A was sometimes called the playback head, sound head, or soundbox.JohnM wrote: Thu Jul 03, 2025 10:17 am “Playback heads” are on tape recorders. The term you want is ‘reproducer’.
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