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I have been working on a guys Brunswick last month, I could not believe it had the Heineman motor in it. The motorboard was the crescent type.

I guess that Brunswick is no better than my Magnola.

Most of the Brunswicks I've seen have Brunswick motors in them.

Based on the ones I've seen, their cabinet / mechanical build quality is equal to Victor.

My Cortez's motor is remarkably quiet and from what I've been told, the Brunswick reproducers very rarely need to be rebuilt. I compared my Cortez to a friend's Credenza and the Cortez was a better machine overall.

bigshot wrote:My Cortez's motor is remarkably quiet and from what I've been told, the Brunswick reproducers very rarely need to be rebuilt. I compared my Cortez to a friend's Credenza and the Cortez was a better machine overall.

Does your Cortez have a Brunswick or Heineman motor?

I should probably open it up. It works so good, I haven't had the reason to go under the hood!

My 2 Brunswicks have Brunswick motors. They are super quiet running and look to be very well made motors.

Victrolacollector wrote:I have been working on a guys Brunswick last month, I could not believe it had the Heineman motor in it. The motorboard was the crescent type.

I guess that Brunswick is no better than my Magnola.

The Heineman type motors in the Brunswick machines have the unusual Brunswick governors with the over-engineered flywheel. There are a lot of motors based on the Heineman/Meisselbach/Saal design, each has a little design difference to make it their own. Some of them seem to be equal in quality to any Victor motor, others are a bit cheaper looking. I just picked up a monster 4 spring version of this motor with a Meisselbach ID tag. It is very smooth running, definitely a high end motor.

Cliff

I've been more impressed by Brunswick and Saal motors than I have with Heinemann...