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Nice Model H reproducer with original box. Still has green covering intact. Postal Money order preferred, no paypal. Please add $7 shipping anywhere in Continental U.S.

Can I use this on a Standard Model B to play 4 minute cylinders, or do I need a Model B with a conversion?

If your Standard is not equipped with a 2/4 minute attachment (called "Amberol Attachments" at the time), it will not play 4 minute cylinders. You need the proper gearing to cut the feedscrew speed in half, PLUS the proper reproducer with a stylus half the size.

There's an informative article on the various types of cylinder records and the proper reproducers to play them here:

http://www.antiquephono.org/basic-antiq ... onal-tips/

The disc tips are first, then the cylinder tips.

George P.

As other post indicates, you would need to have the 2/4 minute gearing. I had one a short while ago, but it has been sold. Might be someone else on the forum willing to part with one.

Ray