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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

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

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

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).

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

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.

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

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

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

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