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Re: What the Heck Did I Just Buy?
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 7:54 am
by De Soto Frank
Shane's machine has a Columbia brake / speed control... the later lever-type, circa 1908 - 12 ?
The "plunger" type was a hold-over from the earlier "front-mount machines".
I'm curious about the original mounting for the OEM tone-arm: was it a deck-mount (like a "Favorite" or "Jewel", or a cast-iron elbow on the side, such as an "Eclipse" ?
Re: What the Heck Did I Just Buy?
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 2:39 am
by Shane
Mine was most certainly a deck-mount. No holes anywhere to indicate a cast iron elbow. Not sure about the other one discussed on this thread.
Re: What the Heck Did I Just Buy?
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 9:10 am
by briankeith
Here you go
Re: What the Heck Did I Just Buy?
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 1:06 am
by Shane
Thank you thank you!! Now at least I know what I'm looking for.
Re: What the Heck Did I Just Buy?
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2017 3:14 pm
by briankeith
Happy to help.
Re: What the Heck Did I Just Buy?
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2017 1:10 pm
by Teak
Re: What the Heck Did I Just Buy?
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 3:13 am
by Shane
Wow, thank you. It's nice to know what the nearly unreadable tag on the bottom of mine says!
I'm realizing this arm and reproducer may be a very tough thing to find. I have a generic no-name reproducer made by Columbia, and also a cast iron deck mount. If I got a Columbia Favorite-type tonearm, I would at least have something in the Columbia family to go with it. Heck, anything is better than what's on it now.