[78-L] A blast from the past

[Sean Miller]

It should be in that motor, Ron.  Those things usually need nothing more than a good oiling to get the speed running properly.

Sean

On Jun 27, 2010, at 1:56 PM, Ron L'Herault wrote:

> Is it the induction disk motor with an attached three ball governor?  If so,
> the governor takes care of the speed control.
> 
> Ron L
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of David Lennick
> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 12:39 AM
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] A blast from the past
> 
> 
> Forgot to mention that the phonograph worked perfectly, and neither of us
> knows why. When it was last used, it was in downtown Toronto when we were
> still on 25 cycle power and it was never converted to 60 when we moved into
> the burbs. Anyone know if this motor had (has) something that ignores what
> should have been a problem?
> 
> dl
> 
> 
> 
>> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
>> To: 78-l at 78online.com
>> Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 23:24:57 -0400
>> Subject: [78-L] A blast from the past
>> 
>> 
>> Something I never expected to see in working order..an RE-45 (Radio +
> Electrola) that sat unused in my parents' basement for overf 50 years.
>> 
>> http://www.radiolaguy.com/Showcase/RCA%20RE-45.htm
>> 
>> It doesn't look that clean but it plays beautifully! A fellow offered to
> get it running in return for another old radio I didn't have room for and
> didn't care about all that much, and this afternoon he brought it over to
> the house and set it up. Capacitors and tubes replaced where necessary, the
> whole thing cleaned up inside and out, the missing thumbscrew that holds the
> needles was replaced, and I'm amazed at the sound this thing produces, both
> on radio (AM only) and on records. Original speaker, too. Rather
> surrealistic to hear news reports about the rioting in Toronto on an
> 81-year-old radio. (Yeah, we got rioting..and we had an earthquake the other
> day..wanna make something of it?)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> dl
>> 
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