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Spectacular machine Cliff. Do you know what the dealer is asking for it. Just curious.

Clay

The folks who own the machine are:

Luttrell's Five & Dime
Castle Rock, WA
(360) 967-2150
[email protected]

I know they intend to sell it when it gets fixed up.

Cliff

Maybe this should be in the YT section since it really is an item for sale and not part of a members collection..... .

You have one of these? Do you have the original tone arm & reproducer?

Yes. Here is a snap.

It has the electric motor as mentioned in the catalog.

Silvertone wrote:

You have one of these? Do you have the original tone arm & reproducer?

Yes. Here is a snap.

It has the electric motor as mentioned in the catalog.

Thanks! This one has a gold washed tone arm that is broken/ Still haven't located the reproducer and connecting arm.

Took the record drawers out to clean the drawer tracks and discovered the middle drawer is extra long for 12" records. I've seen similar assemblies from other Brunswick machines but never the longer 3rd drawer. Also found the record dividers including a set for the longer drawer. And the cabinet doors use SOSS invisible hinges. Very cool!

The knobs on the record storage doors are broken. Any idea what they look like?

Thanks!

Cliff

The knobs on the record storage doors are broken. Any idea what they look like?

These are the knobs that came with mine. I'm pretty certain that they are the original knobs. The front has an odd texture and I think they were originally gold plated.

Silvertone wrote:

The knobs on the record storage doors are broken. Any idea what they look like?

These are the knobs that came with mine. I'm pretty certain that they are the original knobs. The front has an odd texture and I think they were originally gold plated.

Thanks for the pics! Here is a picture of what remains of the knobs on this machine. I believe they are wood. Also, it appears they screw into the doors, there is no screw head on the back side of the door.

Cliff

Cliff -

They may be dowel-shanked and glued.

I have WW-I era Grafonola with glued wooden knobs...

Proceed with caution.

CDBPDX wrote:

Silvertone wrote:

You have one of these? Do you have the original tone arm & reproducer?

Yes. Here is a snap.

It has the electric motor as mentioned in the catalog.

Thanks! This one has a gold washed tone arm that is broken/ Still haven't located the reproducer and connecting arm.

Took the record drawers out to clean the drawer tracks and discovered the middle drawer is extra long for 12" records. I've seen similar assemblies from other Brunswick machines but never the longer 3rd drawer. Also found the record dividers including a set for the longer drawer. And the cabinet doors use SOSS invisible hinges. Very cool!

The knobs on the record storage doors are broken. Any idea what they look like?

Thanks!

Cliff

Those hinges worry me - many of them from this era had pot-metal bodies, and suffer the usual pot-metal issues.

Hopefully yours are in good condition.

The 1928 Masonic Temple turned Performing Arts Center where I work has a number of "invisible" closet doors set-into the panelling in the Theatre using these type hinges, and every blasted one is crumbling and useless.

De Soto Frank wrote:Cliff -

They may be dowel-shanked and glued.

I have WW-I era Grafonola with glued wooden knobs...

Proceed with caution.

Thanks for this info. My original plan was to try to unscrew them, might have to rethink that.

The hinges appear to be in good condition, no cracks or crumbling (yet).

Cliff