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Busy Bee Grand just completed
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 2:40 pm
by toysbyroy
About a month ago I was at a garage sale where there were some phonograph parts. The seller mentioned he had a trailer "out back" with more parts in it. He said I could have all I wanted for $25.00! So, I picked up a few motors, etc and a simple, primitive-looking phonograph. When I got home, I researched it and discovered that I had a Busy Bee Grand. The only missing pieces were the horn, horn support and reproducer,which I obtained from Ron Haring (Thanks Ron!). I completed the phonograph last weekend. Thought you'd like to see it. Ro
Re: Busy Bee Grand just completed
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 5:04 pm
by alang
Nice find
It even has the lug on the turntable. Congrats!
Andreas
Re: Busy Bee Grand just completed
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 7:21 pm
by Dave D
Looks nice! I always liked those oddball Chicago machines. Do you mind posting a photo of the reproducer?
Dave
Re: Busy Bee Grand just completed
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:15 pm
by Phonofreak
You did a nice restoration on your Busy Bee. It looks really good and professional.
Harvey Kravitz
Re: Busy Bee Grand just completed
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 11:24 am
by gemering
Great find and nice work!
Looks great.
Gene
Re: Busy Bee Grand just completed
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 10:56 pm
by Bruce
Nice restoration and great horn, thanks for sharing.
Bruce
Re: Busy Bee Grand just completed
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:49 am
by toysbyroy
Here is a copy of the reproducer. It has an aluminum diaphragm, which I painted to match the horn.