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Wyatt you do really beautiful work.

That machine looks fantastic. We can't believe you did all this in just a few days.

Congratulations on a wonderful machine.

All the best,

David & Lerria

Oh wow! Wyatt, you are a gifted artist.

Now, that machine is going to be in for some serious phono-fondling!

Anil

Fabulous, Wyatt! Very nice work - -

I know one very excited collector who can't wait to get this home!

George P.

It's always interesting to see the results of a careful restoration... although the completed project is beautiful, it was much more interesting to see the step by step process of bringing her back... Love it!

Plain and simple: WOW! What a beautiful rare machine brought back to new glory. Thanks for sharing the process with all of us.

Andreas

Thank You for all the kindness. I feel that the skillset for fixing phonographs is slowly fading from society. Think of all the dirty Victrolas in the 50's and 60's that were stripped and badly refinished, when all they really needed was a proper chemical cleaning with $8 worth of solvent and supplies. Same with all those Edison Standards covered in bar urethane, with a peel-N-stick decal slapped on. I dunno. I've always felt that I am honoring a machine when I fix it. In this case I'm also preserving the ingenuity of some long forgotten tinkerer. Sentimental? Maybe. Nostalgic? I wasn't alive back then. But, oh....if I was, I'd be an Edison jobber.....and I would have run a tight ship. Peter Bacigalupi decals wouldn't be the only ones so sought after anymore! "Adirondack Talking Machine Co, Edison Agency". Gold banner with lots of Stars and Stripes. Offering lots of eccentric attachments and exhibition outfits. Hopefully these posts stay around, and stimulate a further interest in restoration. It is a multi-discipline, where intuition is developed from years of trial and error, and learning from others. And I like sharing my work, why keep it all to myself?

Thanks for sharing this with us. I admire how nice it turned out. A beautiful survivor!
Dave D

Wyatt,

Amazing work and an even more amazing result.

Congratulations.

Gene

I'm late chiming in. Wyatt, It's always a pleasure you read your restoration articles. They are simple and easy to read and provide so much inspiration.
Harvey Kravitz

Fantastic Machine, and restoration! It is interesting to see that it was updated through the years, and the owner of course would do that, as it was a very expensive machine, that one would want to outfit with improvements available as time went on, instead of purchasing a newer machine. I do hope a video is made of it working and playing a record. The actual motor itself after resistance is about how many volts DC at how many amps? You say you have it at 80 volts, that is the main going into the terminals, correct.