[78-L] removing 45 adapters

[Michael Biel]

OK, assuming you are talking about the zinc Webster-Chicago inserts,
here is what you do.  Have the record so that at the 12 o'clock position
is one of the ears that that has its top edge under the record.  You
will be seeing the side of the ear that is divided into thirds with the
middle section being thicker.  Press slightly on that ear from the top
and the insert should slip easily out.

The picture on this ohboyy auction shows the adapter and the orientation
I mention. 
 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Metal-45-Record-Adapter-Webster-Chicago-Corp-LOGO-1-5-/360326780776
 

A box of these adapters came with the Webster-Chicago Fonograf I got
when I was 4 1/2 and I NEVER had any trouble getting the inserts in and
out.  I guess it is like the modern electronics we have that only a
child can do it.  Trying to find the illustratioh they provided I came
across this listserve-of-idiots discussing it. 
http://www.phonoland.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1112

Ah, here's a page with good sharp pictures of the instruction sheet. 
But it only tells you how to get them IN!!!  
http://www.instappraisal.com/antique-appraisal/box-metal-ten-rs-46-45-rpm-record-adapters

Mike Biel   mbiel at mbiel.com  




-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [78-L] removing 45 adapters
From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
Date: Thu, January 12, 2012 10:35 am
To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>

There's a method Mike Biel described here years ago..seems to me it
involves 
turning the adapter counter clockwise (or clockwise, depending on your 
inclination) AND twisting it up at the same time. Try it on a disc you
don't 
care about first..everybody knows how Beethoven's Fifth starts and ends.

dl

On 1/12/2012 10:04 AM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
> I acquired a few 45s lately with center adapters in them. I cannot
> figure out how to remove these things without risking damage to the
> record. Maybe I should leave them in? We discussed here some time ago
> that such adapters may cause the records to warp. True?
>
> The adapter has two "long fingers" on each side, 45 degrees from the
> other side, so just pushing it straight thru doesn't seem like a good idea.
>
> Other techniques?

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