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Sherazhyder wrote: Mon Nov 14, 2022 2:03 pm Well I would love to know more about the book that you have mentioned.

The book is The Compleat Talking Machine written by Eric L Reiss. It was originally published over 35 years ago, and was the first book of its kind that explained how to repair old gramophones and phonographs. It contains quite a few photographs. It also has pictures of a number of phonographs and gramophones from private collections. I found the book useful, especially in the years before the internet and youtube videos. It encouraged me to tackle my own repairs. The book has been republished and updated a few times. It is currently out of print, but available from used book sellers.

AZ* wrote: Mon Nov 14, 2022 12:30 pm It's interesting that some people have poo-pooed the idea of making your own governor springs. Making governor springs in this manner is actually described in Reiss's Compleat Talking Machine book.

I was thinking this too, and this book also helped me when I needed to make a new non return spring for a Garrard motor. In the spirit of this thread I also recycled some modern spring steel to make it
https://youtu.be/6yn4ah9bkNg

AZ* wrote: Tue Nov 15, 2022 4:02 pm

Sherazhyder wrote: Mon Nov 14, 2022 2:03 pm Well I would love to know more about the book that you have mentioned.

The book is The Compleat Talking Machine written by Eric L Reiss.
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Thanks for this detailed introduction to the book. I would try my luck to find it on eBay.

mrrgstuff wrote: Tue Nov 15, 2022 6:39 pm [quote=AZ* post_id=322415 time=1668447053 user_id

I was thinking this too, and this book also helped me when I needed to make a new non return spring for a Garrard motor. In the spirit of this thread I also recycled some modern spring steel to make it
https://youtu.be/6yn4ah9bkNg

Wonderful!! It’s encouraging to see many of us attempting to repair their machines out of love. Thanks for sharing. Cheers