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Hey everyone! Check out this cool machine my neighbor sold me for $20. I applied some lemon oil for cabinets and the color brightened up considerably. I hope that was the right thing to do! But the badge with model # etc. was missing. I was able to buy a replacement toner arm for it but I do need to replace the Edison diamond tip needle and am having a hard time finding one.
The first record we played was the sons of the pioneers "tumbling tumbleweeds"
TIA for any info or advice!

You'll find an excellent source of info about Brunswick machines on this page:

http://www.antiquephono.org/brunswick-p ... j-wakeman/

Looks like a very nice high end Brunswick. It would be well worth completing. Nice find. Jerry Blais

Great looking machine... wish I could find one that reasonable. Usually people try to sell junk machines for high prices... this one is definitely NOT junk...

Thanks everyone! That is what I was hoping to hear! The replacement arm cost $50 on ebay but at least it plays now! Even though the arm could use a servicing. It was pretty dirty and the grill is broken but it came with about 12 Edison records! We are excited to get it up and running so I can show it off!

According to the Brunswick website (above) and .pdf supplied here, The machine is on page 172, and is know as the Brunswick model #225, later changed to just the Model#22. It seems to be made around circa 1918 according to the catalog.

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Tony K.