Help with a Pathé reproducer stuck needle

[melvind]

Hi, I recently moved and the only casualty I haven't been able to correct is one of my Pathé reproducers. The needle got jammed up in the needle bar and I have no idea if there is a way to get it unstuck/out. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'd hate to buy a new reproducer if there is a way to get the old needle out.

Thanks

Dan

[VintageTechnologies]

I can't really see what the matter is from the one picture provided. A profile picture might help. Is that a thumbscrew I see on the needle bar? Every Pathé stylus that I've ever seen has a "head" on the shank that would seem to prevent any possibility of the shank being shoved completely up into the needle bar. Most Pathé needle bars hold the stylus shank inside a split tube using a cap that can screwed off. Once the cap is completely unscrewed and removed, you may see a way to remove the shank from that split tube. Perhaps a very fine jewellers screwdriver can be inserted in the slits of the tube to lift the shank out.

[CarlosV]

The needle seems to be broken, and it does not look like there is a protruding piece that you could pull with pliers. The screw that holds it is not the original one, but if you can unscrew it I suggest you try to stick a fine sowing needle in it and try to push the shank out. However, since the bakelite arm that holds the needle bar seems to be cracked from the photo, I would not waste time on it, it looks pretty hopeless, unfortunately.

[Dave D]

Perhaps a soldering iron could provide some heat to the bar to expand it, thus allowing the stuck needle to come out.
Dave