EXPERT JUNIOR - 16/17 Dec

[OrthoFan]

...Polishing, gloss painting or a bright surface finish on the inside of any gramophone horn is disastrous acoustically....

I can confirm that. About 35 years ago, a fellow hobbyist told me that in order to get the most out of my Victor Consolette, the horn had to be rock-hard and totally resistant to vibrations. He recommended painting the inside of the horn with Envirotech epoxy polymer which is a plastic laminate. I did this and the results were HORRIBLE--shrill treble, noticeable surface noise, hardly any mid-range, and no hit of bass. Fortunately, I was able to remove the laminate using Jasco paint remover. The coating literally cracked and popped off the surface. I then applied a coat of matching stain to the wood's surface, and the sound quality returned to normal.

OrthoFan

[poodling around]

The sound-box seems to have a heavy brass thing on it which I do not recognise ?

If you squint a bit it might be visible ? It goes from sort of sound-box mid - top left to bottom right ... an attachement maybe ?

Oh, it may have belonged to Sir Thomas Beecham too !

[JerryVan]

The sound-box seems to have a heavy brass thing on it which I do not recognise ?

If you squint a bit it might be visible ? It goes from sort of sound-box mid - top left to bottom right ... an attachement maybe ?

Oh, it may have belonged to Sir Thomas Beecham too !

Like the face plate, guard(?), shown here?

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