Post by maroongem on Mar 29, 2010 12:36:21 GMT -5
I recently bought a HOME Mod. E from the widow of a man that had purchased this back in the 50s. She said he was never really able to get it to play well from what she remembers, and had written to the Edison factory for parts and she says he did receive a reply saying that parts were unfortunately no longer available. (Surprise!)
The usual suspect was the @$#% pot metal bearing which I replaced, although the mandrel did turn a bit which made it easier to remove the mandrel assembly.
Someone in the past also "re-shellacked" the entire cabinet, including the bedplate! The horn, oddly enough, was left alone and has a very nice decal remaining.
I have debated stripping down the cabinet because the script decal is perfect on the front and am also leery of removing the shellac from the bedplate as the blue & gold pin-striping may suffer.
The dealer ID plate is interesting as it was a fairly local (Haverhill, Mass) address. On a lark, we drove down to the location this past weekend, but alas, it is now a playground and some type of monument where it once stood.
The usual suspect was the @$#% pot metal bearing which I replaced, although the mandrel did turn a bit which made it easier to remove the mandrel assembly.
Someone in the past also "re-shellacked" the entire cabinet, including the bedplate! The horn, oddly enough, was left alone and has a very nice decal remaining.
I have debated stripping down the cabinet because the script decal is perfect on the front and am also leery of removing the shellac from the bedplate as the blue & gold pin-striping may suffer.
The dealer ID plate is interesting as it was a fairly local (Haverhill, Mass) address. On a lark, we drove down to the location this past weekend, but alas, it is now a playground and some type of monument where it once stood.
