A Homemade Talking Machine?
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:21 pm
Ladies and gents,
I was tinkering around with a couple 14" Edison horns. I ended up with two horns in the accumulation of Edison parts and, well, the old Standard only has one reproducer. So I was looking at those, and at an 8" Don Wilson resin record, and considered...
Would it work if I built a tiny talking machine? I was thinking to use a homemade cabinet, regular crap-o type motor modified for cabinet operation, homemade hardware, and the Edison horn on rear-mounted configuration. THe reproducer would be an antique but one too damaged to use on an original, "cabbaged" onto a homemade tonearm
The whole mix would be done with attention to style and a good eye for looks. I had an old crap-o at one time and dismantled, refinished, and customized it into a very pretty gramophone. This would be a ground-up machine with no intent to deceive, just a tiny 7" or 8" platter and a small motor and horn.
Anyone ever made a phonograph before?
I was tinkering around with a couple 14" Edison horns. I ended up with two horns in the accumulation of Edison parts and, well, the old Standard only has one reproducer. So I was looking at those, and at an 8" Don Wilson resin record, and considered...
Would it work if I built a tiny talking machine? I was thinking to use a homemade cabinet, regular crap-o type motor modified for cabinet operation, homemade hardware, and the Edison horn on rear-mounted configuration. THe reproducer would be an antique but one too damaged to use on an original, "cabbaged" onto a homemade tonearm
The whole mix would be done with attention to style and a good eye for looks. I had an old crap-o at one time and dismantled, refinished, and customized it into a very pretty gramophone. This would be a ground-up machine with no intent to deceive, just a tiny 7" or 8" platter and a small motor and horn.
Anyone ever made a phonograph before?