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Columbia Folding Tonearm??
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 5:15 pm
by CDBPDX
Found this folding tone arm, apparently a Columbia, but I don't recall seeing one that folds like this. Guessing it mounts on a Columbia portable??
Re: Columbia Folding Tonearm??
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 5:51 pm
by phonojim
My first reaction is home made, or, at least not factory production. I say this because of the look of the solder joints between the crosspiece and the taper tube. Interesting idea for sure.
Jim
Re: Columbia Folding Tonearm??
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 10:44 pm
by Benjamin_L
It’s a genuine Columbia tonearm found more commonly on later harmony machines.
Re: Columbia Folding Tonearm??
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:58 am
by phonojim
I stand corrected. I must say I have never seen anything like that before. Could someone please post a picture of the machine that uses this arm?
Jim
Re: Columbia Folding Tonearm??
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:46 pm
by startgroove
There are over a dozen Harmony phonographs on line, and none have a folding tone arm. Benjamin L please post a picture of the machine this goes to.
Re: Columbia Folding Tonearm??
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 12:50 pm
by Benjamin_L
startgroove wrote:There are over a dozen Harmony phonographs on line, and none have a folding tone arm. Benjamin L please post a picture of the machine this goes to.
A similar model was at an antique shop here in middle TN, but it's been awhile since I went in and looked around.
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http://www.ontheblockauction.com/lot/81 ... honograph/)
Re: Columbia Folding Tonearm??
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 5:24 pm
by Phonofreak
Thanks for the picture, but still hard to tell. The view is obstructed by the area surrounding the arm in question.
Harvey Kravitz
Re: Columbia Folding Tonearm??
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 5:59 pm
by Benjamin_L
Phonofreak wrote:Thanks for the picture, but still hard to tell. The view is obstructed by the area surrounding the arm in question.
Harvey Kravitz
Sorry about the bad picture, it was the only one I could find right then.
I saw one listed on eBay but I didn't save the link so it took me a minute to find it.
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Harmony-Vintag ... 2744320548)
Re: Columbia Folding Tonearm??
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 7:15 pm
by Inigo
These machines look splendid! Anymore details? How was the horn? The soundbox seems a Viva tonal no. 9...
Re: Columbia Folding Tonearm??
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2019 2:39 pm
by Benjamin_L
Inigo wrote:These machines look splendid! Anymore details? How was the horn? The soundbox seems a Viva tonal no. 9...
From the one I saw at the antique shop it looked like a fairly well built machine.
(I don't think it had a reentrant horn and the tonearm base was made of pot metal that was corroding pretty badly, but it was a nice little model.)