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I think there might be a mix-up regarding terms used in this post. Are you referring to the wooden "traveling arm" or the "horn support arm?"
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Accidental Restoration
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Curt A
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Re: Accidental Restoration
..."the horn support is so good that at first you would assume it was a brown rusted steel original."
I think there might be a mix-up regarding terms used in this post. Are you referring to the wooden "traveling arm" or the "horn support arm?"
I think there might be a mix-up regarding terms used in this post. Are you referring to the wooden "traveling arm" or the "horn support arm?"
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
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Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
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Zeppy
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Re: Accidental Restoration
The tone arm support is indeed made of wood (the traveling arm is as well...but that isn't anything unusal)
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Re: Accidental Restoration
A few closer pictures. (I have no idea why these are all updsidedown)
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Curt A
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Re: Accidental Restoration
OK, now I get it... someone went to a lot of trouble to make that support arm out of wood... 
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
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Zeppy
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Re: Accidental Restoration
They certainly did! But I have to admit, they did a nice job, it looks pretty cool...and I think I only paid $30 for it!Curt A wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 12:55 pm OK, now I get it... someone went to a lot of trouble to make that support arm out of wood...