[78-L] Belt for Edison Standard Phonograph

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault at bu.edu>
> Maybe you are not thinning out the ends of the belt enough before  you
> overlap and glue them, Sammy.   You could try a belt used for modern
> equipmient such as VCRs.  I have a rubber belt that I tried on an 
> Amberola.
> It may be fine but didn't cure the problem I was chasing down and I have 
> not
> put it back on.  You need to find a friendly Audio repair shop that might
> let you try some odd ball belts, unless you can show them the size belt 
> you
> need.
>
Also, look for large bags/packages of miscellaneous rubber bands! I once
needed a belt for a long-obsolete cassete-based answering machine; I
bought that (at a dollar store, IIRC!) and found one of the rubber bands
was identical to the belt I needed!

Steven C. Barr