Introduction

[phono-smitten]

I can tell you that placing the needle on a record by the warm glow of an oil lamp can be a challenge. The turn table being down in a hole creates all kinds of dark shadows; your hand, the tube, the sound box all conspire to make it a great challenge to find the edge of a record at night. It is indeed easy to miss the edge of the record under this situation.

I have old wiring added to an even older house so only one outlet in several rooms. My phonograph was in a darker area of the room and I mainly play records at night. One time I misjudged the edge of the record and the needle slipped off the edge of the record. Oof! I realized it wouldn't take too many times for a steel needle to dig that 'groove' in the felt by doing this. I have since ran an extension cord and lamp.

Welcome to the forum and very nice phonograph! I'm a bit partial to oak and also chose an oak machine for my first. Heed the warnings! I'm also new to this hobby and originally thought I just want to own one machine. I'm nearly a year and 3 machines in now!