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Picked up this "Lakeside" tabletop off Ebay for cheap since I'm out of room and needed a little project to accompany the scotch in the evening.

Had some missing veneer, motor would not start and kept stopping, reproducer and arm broke, and the usual aging of metal parts. Got it running great, reproducer and arm reunited, veneer fixed and rust removal. Nothing spectular but I have always enjoyed rescuing these inexpensive client machines..

Nice machine. This should run well with the two spring motor.

Thanks
Andreas

Thanks Andreas, runs great. Also rebuilt the reproducer. Too bad my camera did not show the red felt on the turntable in all its splendor. Cheers

What's wrong with red felt? I think it looks great on my Columbia made Royal

Andreas

I too love red felt - I was complaining about my camera which turned my stunning red felt to pink

dutchman,
Nice Lakeside rescue, great little machine. I have always felt that these small client brands add variety and interest to a collection, not to mention their great when you need something portable but not a suitcase machine.
Wouldn't mind having one to go with this record.
Mike

mikejk wrote:dutchman,
Nice Lakeside rescue, great little machine. I have always felt that these small client brands add variety and interest to a collection, not to mention their great when you need something portable but not a suitcase machine.
Wouldn't mind having one to go with this record.
Mike

Lets see, I have a Lakeside machine and you have a Lakeside record, Murphy is alive and well. I was not aware Lakeside produced records. Guess time to find one. Thanks

Bill K

I believe Lakeside records were lateral, but that photo makes the grooves look very hill & dale, to me. Interesting.

I just watched a youtube video of 70508 being played on a modern turntable, and it definitely sounds like a hill & dale being played incorrectly - mostly surface noise, barely any music signal - but you can tell there's a good recording in there, someplace.

Beautiful! Good work! From the motor and reproducer, I'd guess Columbia made this? Probably the records, too..??

Cliff

Edisone wrote:I just watched a youtube video of 70508 being played on a modern turntable, and it definitely sounds like a hill & dale being played incorrectly - mostly surface noise, barely any music signal - but you can tell there's a good recording in there, someplace.

Interesting. I have a small group of Lakeside records. I played a few and remember thinking the quality was poor. I don't have much experience with vertical cut records so that didn't occur to me. I have a convertible reproducer but no sapphire shank yet. Are all hill & dale's (except DD's) played with a sapphire ball? I'll have to revisit these discs.

Lakeside records and machines were manufactured by Columbia for Montgomery Ward. According to this blurb on Ted Staunton's site, Lakeside was "Likely named for the city of Chicago, situated on the edge of Lake Michigan, where the Montgomery Ward mail order retailer was located".

http://www.tedstaunton.com/labels/1910_ ... ecord.html