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Columbia BV with a Busy Bee mandrel
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 1:06 pm
by melvind
I'm thinking that someone in the past put a busy bee mandrel on this Columbia BV. Does anyone know if a BV would have ever been sold as a Busy Bee originally?
http://r.ebay.com/ES9uM5
Re: Columbia BV with a Busy Bee mandrel
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 4:14 pm
by JerryVan
Seeing no Columbia decal suggests to me that it may have been marketed as a Busy Bee. Although, it has no B.B. label either...
However, to play Busy Bee records would require more than a mandrel swap. The B.B. record is larger in diameter, so the reproducer/stylus must be positioned commensurately higher to compensate. I'm leaning towards this being originally meant to play B.B. records.
Re: Columbia BV with a Busy Bee mandrel
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 8:22 pm
by Phonofreak
The BV was never made into a Busy Bee. The only 2 Busy Bee cylinder players that I know of is the Q variation and the BK. The BK was known as the Queen Bee. I think this was a modified BV.
Harvey Kravitz
Re: Columbia BV with a Busy Bee mandrel
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2017 5:08 pm
by JerryVan
Would such a modification make it "Bee V"?
Re: Columbia BV with a Busy Bee mandrel
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2017 7:07 pm
by Phonofreak
Good one!!! LMAO
Harvey Kravitz
JerryVan wrote:Would such a modification make it "Bee V"?
Re: Columbia BV with a Busy Bee mandrel
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2017 11:37 pm
by melvind
JerryVan wrote:Would such a modification make it "Bee V"?
Good one for sure. Thanks everyone for your responses. It always amazes me how many people know on the forum. It is a terrific thing!
Dan