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Edisone wrote:I have a stray Brunswick reproducer which has a large collar; do these mount on a big rubber washer, or is it metal-to-metal ? I bought it as a spare for my portable, but found it doesn't match its tonearm.

It looks like the reproducer twists on to an adaptor looking device stuck on the end of the tone arm/reproducer thingy. This is the only picture I have right now, I'll look closer next time I get to the 'shop'.

Clfif

Thanks! That tells me why I always see these missing the rubber gasket - because there never was one! I've used a pile of rubber washers to fit a Cygnet onto a University speaker driver, so that would prolly work for my portable - not that it needs a new repro, but just in case...

Here are some more pics

I bought a Brunswick Cortez some months back. The reproducer looks like it's never been touched but sounds awesome as-is. They must have used some really good gasket material. The trick is to get one with a brass reproducer, (just like the Victors), as the pot metal ones are usually shot.