[78-L] A blast from the past

[Ron L'Herault]

Was the pick up rebuilt too?  The rubber bits will have hardened if it has
not been rebuilt.  This leads to excessive record wear.

Ron L

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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
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> 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
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> 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?)
> 
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> dl
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