[78-L] removing 45 adapters

[Cary Ginell]

Seven bucks for that nasty adapter? I can't remember when I paid that much for a 45!

Cary 

On Jan 12, 2012, at 10:36 AM, "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:

> 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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