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SOLD: Combination tone arm for Victor Electrola 8-60 or 9-40
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2025 3:10 pm
by Skihawx
Have a spare tone arm for a combination Electrola/Victrola. Back bracket broken as always, Orthophonic reproducer pot metal is decent but arm is unsoldered and ball bearings are missing. Electric pickup measures 635 ohms measured at the ends of the leads as it should. There is some splitting on the cover. Asking $250 for entire assembly but will entertain any offers. Gold is really nice on the Orthophonic crook.
Re: FOR SALE: Combination tone arm for Victor Electrola 8-60 or 9-40
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2025 9:40 am
by maginter
Sold
Re: FOR SALE: Combination tone arm for Victor Electrola 8-60 or 9-40
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2025 12:52 pm
by PeterF
This is a tangent, but I think it’s an appropriate place to ask the following question:
Has anyone ever seen one of these dual tonearms where the dogleg support for the magnetic pickup has retained its gold plating?
In my experience they always seem to be plain gray and with no trace of any original coating or plating, even upon disassembly. This is often also the case with the little antenna-aiming and airvalve-switching levers.
What’s up with that?
Re: FOR SALE: Combination tone arm for Victor Electrola 8-60 or 9-40
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2025 2:25 pm
by JerryVan
PeterF wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2025 12:52 pm
This is a tangent, but I think it’s an appropriate place to ask the following question:
Has anyone ever seen one of these dual tonearms where the dogleg support for the magnetic pickup has retained its gold plating?
In my experience they always seem to be plain gray and with no trace of any original coating or plating, even upon disassembly. This is often also the case with the little antenna-aiming and airvalve-switching levers.
What’s up with that?
Mine is still gold.
Re: FOR SALE: Combination tone arm for Victor Electrola 8-60 or 9-40
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2025 7:15 pm
by pallophotophone
PeterF wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2025 12:52 pm
This is a tangent, but I think it’s an appropriate place to ask the following question:
Has anyone ever seen one of these dual tonearms where the dogleg support for the magnetic pickup has retained its gold plating?
In my experience they always seem to be plain gray and with no trace of any original coating or plating, even upon disassembly. This is often also the case with the little antenna-aiming and airvalve-switching levers.
What’s up with that?
Mine Isn't
Re: FOR SALE: Combination tone arm for Victor Electrola 8-60 or 9-40
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2025 8:38 am
by maginter
PeterF wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2025 12:52 pm
This is a tangent, but I think it’s an appropriate place to ask the following question:
Has anyone ever seen one of these dual tonearms where the dogleg support for the magnetic pickup has retained its gold plating?
In my experience they always seem to be plain gray and with no trace of any original coating or plating, even upon disassembly. This is often also the case with the little antenna-aiming and airvalve-switching levers.
What’s up with that?
I have only had a Borgia II some time ago, but it was gold. It is the These are not brass, so the metal doesn't hold the gold plating because of the expansion and contraction.
Re: FOR SALE: Combination tone arm for Victor Electrola 8-60 or 9-40
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2025 3:18 pm
by Skihawx
I've heard that the pot metal absorbs the plating. Only some batches of pot metal have the appearance of no plating at all.
Re: FOR SALE: Combination tone arm for Victor Electrola 8-60 or 9-40
Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2025 10:13 am
by MarkELynch
PeterF wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2025 12:52 pm
This is a tangent, but I think it’s an appropriate place to ask the following question:
Has anyone ever seen one of these dual tonearms where the dogleg support for the magnetic pickup has retained its gold plating?
In my experience they always seem to be plain gray and with no trace of any original coating or plating, even upon disassembly. This is often also the case with the little antenna-aiming and airvalve-switching levers.
What’s up with that?
Here are a couple of survivors. The left arm fits the 8-60 and 9-40 the right arm fits the Borgia II
Mark