Are Replacements For Columbia Lyric Reproducers Made?

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Are Replacements For Columbia Lyric Reproducers Made?

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What can I do to replace the diaphragm in my Columbia Lyric reproducer?
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Re: Are Replacements For Columbia Lyric Reproducers Made?

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How trashed is the diaphragm?

I had one Lyric stepped mica diaphragm where the rivet was out of the middle--replaced it with the celluloid cone from an old Edison Amberola diaphragm and a loop of string or floss. It sounded wonderful.
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Unfortunately, it is totally trashed. Looks like something was shoved into the throat and ruined it. It might be time to experiment, but I really did not want to spend a lot of time on this.
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Re: Are Replacements For Columbia Lyric Reproducers Made?

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Edison Copper diaphragms can be used, or its not too difficult to make a new stepped mica diaphragm
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That's not a bad idea either. I have a baby food jar of mica that I got in a box lot of junk at an auction.
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Contact Wyatt Markus and have him rebuild it with one of our Figure 6 diaphragms.
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Re: Are Replacements For Columbia Lyric Reproducers Made?

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JohnM wrote:Contact Wyatt Markus and have him rebuild it with one of our Figure 6 diaphragms.
What, exactly, is a "Figure 6" diaphragm?
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