WANTED: Columbia Graphophone BII parts

[Djwerth61]

I am in need of a hand crank and tone arm for my newly purchased Graphophone BII. If you know of anybody that might have these parts please forward their info to me.
Thanks, Dale

[Jerry B.]

Just to be clear, are you looking for the tone arm that's a variation of a Grafonola arm? Jerry B.

[Djwerth61]

I’m looking for the arm that goes under the horn that sets on the record that originally came with this phonograph.
Thank you for responding. Dale

[Django]

I may be wrong, but I don't think that you have a BII. If you could, please post a picture of the back bracket. I think that you may have a later machine that replaced the BII, (B60 I think).

[Phonolair]

This machine looks like the late Columbia 60H to me.
I think that's why Jerry referred to the later Grafonola type tonearm instead of the earlier BII tonearm.

Larry Crandell

[Djwerth61]

Here is an actual photo of my player. Thanks for helping me identify it. I was just guessing by matching it to photos I found on auction sites.

[JerryVan]

Here is the tone arm you need. The back bracket is a different style, but I believe the arm is the same as what you need.

https://www.intertique.com/Columbia60H5.jpg

[Djwerth61]

That looks like exactly what i need, the tone arm and hand crank for a Columbia 60H5.
Thanks so much for helping me I’d the phonograph.
Now does any body have either of these parts out there? Dale

[Jerry B.]

Your best bet is probably to slightly modify a similarly sized Grafonola tone arm. Your machine is one of the very last of Columbia's horn machines. If we ever play a phono trivia game and the question "Was there ever a horn model Grafonola(the "ola" generally being a clue for an internal horn machine) the answer is "yes" and your machine is an example. The Columbia catalogs list it as a Grafonola 60H. The "H" signifies a horn model. You have a very unusual machine. Congratulations!

Did this machine come in a 10" and 12" turntable version? If so, did they have a different model designation?

Jerry Blais

[JerryVan]

I agree with Jerry about getting a Grafonola tone arm and giving it a try.