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Posted: **Thu Sep 18, 2014 7:22 pm**

Here is a picture of my latest spring motor rebuild (spring replacement, mostly)

Any guesses what it is?

Cliff

Posted: **Thu Sep 18, 2014 7:50 pm**

Mikiphone.

Posted: **Thu Sep 18, 2014 7:54 pm**

gramophone78 wrote:Mikiphone.

Exactly! A lot of fun tearing into this.

The diagram shows a rectangular item (#5) that is apparently not present in this machine. What am I missing?

Cliff

Posted: **Thu Sep 18, 2014 8:07 pm**

CDBPDX wrote: The diagram shows a rectangular item (#5) that is apparently not present in this machine. What am I missing?

Cliff

A little 'net surfing answered that question, it should be a MIKIPHONE needle tin. Cool!

Cliff

Posted: **Thu Sep 18, 2014 11:50 pm**

CDBPDX wrote:
CDBPDX wrote: The diagram shows a rectangular item (#5) that is apparently not present in this machine. What am I missing?

Cliff
A little 'net surfing answered that question, it should be a MIKIPHONE needle tin. Cool!

Cliff

Actually, there here two types of needle tin. A rectangle painted green with yellow "Mikiphone" and a round aluminium embossed "Mikiphone". Both not just "cool" but... $$$. Regardless which tin you have (if at all) with your machine...the paper insert only shows the rectangle #5 image.

Posted: **Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:19 am**

I would like one of these, but I don't trust the sellers on eBay, since Indian repros look pretty good. Any way to definitely tell the originals from the Indian ones, in a picture?

Posted: **Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:20 am**

Here is why the spring broke - rust and corrosion pitted and weakened it and it snapped. This same rust is in several places all along the spring. Time for a new one.

Also, here is a link to a web page with details of the refurbishing:

http://phonographs.cdbpdx.com/TT_MIKI-42214/

More to come.

Cliff

Posted: **Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:44 am**

Curt A wrote:I would like one of these, but I don't trust the sellers on eBay, since Indian repros look pretty good. Any way to definitely tell the originals from the Indian ones, in a picture?

There is an almost new looking Mikiphone from India being offered for $519 right now. The most glaring difference is the wind up key handle on the India machine is straight across the top while the genuine is curved inward. Another difference seems to be the facing around the mica on the reproducer - the India version is flat with sharp edges while the genuine is somewhat rounded. Also, the India version has 4 sets of holes around the 'turntable' while the genuine only has 2.

Probably more things, and maybe different makers in India could have different looking Miki knock-offs...

Cliff

Posted: **Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:38 pm**

is there any background on the designer or manufacturer of the systeme vadasz machines
there's the mikkiphone the odeon bauhaus and a idetical machine to the bauhaus by parlophone
the odeon and parlophone companies in this time where both producing lindstrom machines

was the mikkiphone a lindstrom machine?

there is also a machine called the jabaphone with a very similar design to the mikkiphone