Orthophonic Victor 8-9 Tonearm/Elbow Question

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Mine has two screws but one has a smaller head.Could one of yours have been a later replacement?
Jerry F Bacon-Dallas,Tx

[Joe_DS]

I'm wondering if you could adjust the setting by doing the following:

1) Loosen the screw holding the "rest arm" in position:

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2) Bring the tonearm crook forward, so that the sound box is about ¼ inch from record, or closer.

3) Test to make sure that the sound box is not seated too high when the tonearm crook is flipped back in the "rest" position, so the sound box doesn't strike the lid when you close it.

4) Once the optimum adjustment has been made, re-tighten the rest arm screw.

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The 8-9 is fitted with the components found in the "school house version, the 8-8, including the tonearm. I'd guess that Victor used a double screw to prevent the sound box/needle from striking the motor-board, as a guard against careless handling.

JDS

[De Soto Frank]

Gene,

I checked my 1927 8-12 last night, it also has the double-screw set-up... I also noticed that the stop-clip/tab is slightly loose from the arm... I'm not sure if I loosened those screws slightly 30 years ago, when I first got the machine, or what.

At any rate, if loosening the screws and repositioning the tab do not correct your situation, would suggest checking the motor mountings to make sure the motor/platter hasn't dropped / sagged, then perhaps bend the stop tab slightly to allow the sound-box to drop far enough to reach the record.

If you set it up so that the empty needle-chuck just touches the turntable felt, you should be good ?


I wonder if at some point, if the sound box were accidentally dropped back into the "rest" position, if that could tweak the tab enough to cause things to "ride high" when the box is swung into the playing position ?

Loosening the crook connecting ring slightly might also provide enough "room" to make things work...

Frank

[gemering]

I finally got a few minutes tonight to take a look at my 8-9.
Sad how over-scheduled we all are!
I think we should extend the weekend to include a day between Sunday and Monday to play records and work on our machines.
Thank you for all of the suggestions!
I checked that the reproducer was fully seated (it was), removed the tonearm, loosened and re-tightened all of the screws involved, but was not able to make any noticeable adjustments, removed the motorboard, made sure the motor bolts were tight (they were), replaced everything and now everything works fine!
I was not able to adjust the bracket that the two set screws hit against to allow more forward movement of the goose neck.
In essence, I don't think I did anything.
Christmas magic???
Thanks again to all of the great people on this forum!
Gene