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Here is yet another wanted ad for a part I must replace on a recently acquired Graphophone AG. I have attached a photo of the broken top potmetal trunnion piece that I must replace due to lack of horn mount.

If you have a decent example of this part, potmetal or brass, please let me know!


-Jake

If everything else on the carriage works, I'll bet you could simply super-glue/epoxy a short tube of the proper diameter in place to accept the horn. I've bought bags of assorted short lengths of brass/aluminum/stainless tubes at a nearby hobby/craft store for about $15. They sometimes come in very handy!

Otherwise, Jean-Paul Agnard can help you. Check #13 on his list of parts here:

http://www3.sympatico.ca/jean-paul.agna ... uction.htm

Good luck!

George P.

If I can help it I wanted to save gluing a new horn piece as a last resort. Jean-Paul's site seems to have just what I need so I really appreciate that bit of information!

I'll see what I can do and if fate throws me a curveball then maybe I'll butcher my friend's potmetal trunnion piece that lacks the four support arms and utilize the intact horn mounting section for my own casting. Perhaps that's going a bit overboard with keeping things original...

Thanks for the lead on parts!


-Jake

You're most welcome. Your trunion looks pretty good - - it even has the feet intact, so it seems a shame to junk it for the lack of a simple tube (that doesn't even show when the horn is attached!).

One way or the other, you'll have it up and running soon.

George P.