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Gizmos, gadgets and gimmicks too
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 4:41 pm
by vansteem78
Yes I got this title from George Paul's and Tim Fabrizio's book. I use the phrase all the time. Here are three gizmos and gadgets I bought a couple weeks ago. Not using them yet. Is the brush for a cylinder machine? I will use the repeater on a record I don't care about! Lastly not sure I need volume control on any of my cylinder machines but now I have it. You know I would think there should be a section called gizmos and gadgets but put this under machines for now. ha ha Comments please. Neil
Re: Gizmos, gadgets and gimmicks too
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 5:58 pm
by Uncle Vanya
Here is a video of a Geer repeater in action, and a violent thing it is!
https://youtu.be/7Z3O5UFEDm4
Re: Gizmos, gadgets and gimmicks too
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 6:55 pm
by burke
Oh dear Lordy!
The end of that video snapped my head back and brought tears to my eyes.
Next time post a sterner warning "This video may contain content that may be disturbing to some viewers"
Re: Gizmos, gadgets and gimmicks too
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 7:15 pm
by Mormon S
Here is a much better and quite memorizing alternative. I started working on an archival website a while back, and I had a whole section about record repeaters, this ones is the best that was ever produced in my opinion.
https://youtu.be/bbnuR0QccpA
Martin
Re: Gizmos, gadgets and gimmicks too
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 7:46 pm
by phonogal
Mormon S wrote:Here is a much better and quite memorizing alternative. I started working on an archival website a while back, and I had a whole section about record repeaters, this ones is the best that was ever produced in my opinion.
https://youtu.be/bbnuR0QccpA
Martin
Looks a lot less traumatic for phonograph and record.
Re: Gizmos, gadgets and gimmicks too
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 8:45 pm
by phonojim
The record brush probably fits a Victor Exhibition.
Re: Gizmos, gadgets and gimmicks too
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2019 5:30 pm
by audiophile102
Both repeaters are really cool, but Martin's is the one I would love to own. Thanks for posting this.
Re: Gizmos, gadgets and gimmicks too
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2019 11:49 pm
by Mormon S
audiophile102 wrote:Both repeaters are really cool, but Martin's is the one I would love to own. Thanks for posting this.
Yes, I would absolutely love to have one, however, all of them have the flaw that you can't change the needle between plays. A more easily obtainable repeater is the "encore record repeator", which while not as graceful as the one I mentioned, it is certainly not as violent as the metal one. I'm sure if you had a one in good condition and using a phonograph with a lid, it could work somewhat well.
https://youtu.be/ApvQgEzu4_g
Martin
Re: Gizmos, gadgets and gimmicks too
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 10:17 am
by vansteem78
Now you know there are needles which the manufacturers say can be used to play ten sides? I know this may continue a debate that I see going on all the time. But I go out of my way to find those kinds of needles. I do use the use once only type needles too but when I have a stack of 80 records to play (two sided) I use the ones good for ten side.
Re: Gizmos, gadgets and gimmicks too
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 10:33 am
by OrthoSean
vansteem78 wrote:Now you know there are needles which the manufacturers say can be used to play ten sides? I know this may continue a debate that I see going on all the time. But I go out of my way to find those kinds of needles. I do use the use once only type needles too but when I have a stack of 80 records to play (two sided) I use the ones good for ten side.
There is no debate, only fact: those "ten per" needles are meant for lightweight pickups of the 1940s and 1950s, not acoustic ones and no matter what claims they made, they will develop a chisel point after one or two sides and start wearing out your records. This has been discussed here and proven many times over.
Sean