Links to Parts & Services

[maroongem]

Here's a place where you can add links to vendors for parts and services. For example:

Great Lakes Antique Phonograph www.victroladoctor.com/

Wyatt's Musical Americana wyattsmusical.com/

APSCO www.antiquephono.com/default.asp

Ron Sitko 56 Church Hill Road Waterford NY 12188 518-371-8549
He doesn't have a website but has a nice inventory of commonly needed replacement parts.

[mraroid]

Hi... I would like to rebuild my own reproducer for my Edison Amberola DX player. Has anyone posted a parts diagram on the web someplace? It can be a reproducer model not exactly like mine. I just want to see what I am up against before I start taking it apart. I understand it takes two gaskets. If anyone knows of a forum for people that rebuild your own machines, I would like to learn about it. Thanks in advanced.

jack

Portland Oregon

[maroongem]

Hi Jack and welcome to the board!
Your DX should have come with a Diamond Mod. B Reproducer and they aren't too bad to rebuild unless the body is pot metal which can sometimes cause difficulty in removing the compression ring due to swelling of the Reproducer body. Unless the Diamond is chipped or worn, the only thing you really have to change are the two gaskets. If you would like, I can rebuild it for you or you can try one of the services listed above.
If you wish to do it yourself, there are detailed instructions in an earlier thread which you can search for and meanwhile, I'll try and find it for you.

BillF

[mraroid]

Bill....

Thanks for the welcome Bill. This is my first entry into Edison cylinders of any type. I work with motion picture optical sound. I work on amps from about the 1930s- to the late 1950s. When it come to Edison type equipment, I am totally green. But I have a work bench and enjoy doing all my own work (if possible). My DX plays fine (to my ears anyway), but I want to take the reproducer apart anyway. I need to buy a couple of gaskets from someone.
Would you have a couple you can sport me? I can pay pal you or pay you any way you like.

The seller of the DX I have told me the stylus was in very good shape and not to bother replacing it. While it plates fine, I would still like to rebuild the reproducer just to see how it works, and to replace the gaskets.

If you find that link, please post it.

Do you know if the Edison DX had a owners manual? I would like a free pdf copy if I can find one. If not, I can pay someone for a repro.

This looks fun! Thanks again for the help.

jack

Feb 18, 2013 15:52:11 GMT -5 maroongem said:

Hi Jack and welcome to the board!
Your DX should have come with a Diamond Mod. B Reproducer and they aren't too bad to rebuild unless the body is pot metal which can sometimes cause difficulty in removing the compression ring due to swelling of the Reproducer body. Unless the Diamond is chipped or worn, the only thing you really have to change are the two gaskets. If you would like, I can rebuild it for you or you can try one of the services listed above.
If you wish to do it yourself, there are detailed instructions in an earlier thread which you can search for and meanwhile, I'll try and find it for you.

BillF

[maroongem]

Hi Jack,

PM me your address and I'll send out two gaskets. The trickiest part of disassembling the Reproducer is driving out the pin that secures the stylus bar to the weight. Some unhook the silk link from the stylus and then remove the two screws that attach the weight to the hinge block and then remove the weight and stylus together, but damage can occur to the 90+ yr old link from too much flexing. I prefer removing the stylus and then letting it drop through hole in the weight while it is still attached to the link. However you choose to deal with the stylus, you remove the weight from the body and now you can unscrew the compression ring and should find a thin metal spacer and possibly some paper washers. The gaskets will probably crumble when you take them out and don't worry if you can't save the paper washers. When you replace and tighten the compression ring, just snug it up. You may have to tighten up the ring again after a period time as the gaskets settle in.

BillF

[gdan53]

SHENANDOAH ANTIQUE RESTORATION -  complete restoration of  Edison, Victor, Columbia,  etc phonographs and service.
www.shenandoahrestoration.com/phono.html

[jeeprod]

I have an Edison cylinder recorder, fresh from ebay. It is missing the stylus bar and cutter. Can anyone direct me to someone who can repair it? I have never seen one except in pictures, but I believe the rest of it is complete.
Thank you     

[nefaurora]

Don't forget about Steve Medved... He rebuilds all Edison Reproducers and sells parts for them as well.

Steve can be contacted at:

Steve Medved
E-mail: [e-mail]

Steve is physically located in the Orlando/Kissimmee Florida area.

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Tony K.

[David Row]

Dear Phonographs / Gramophone collectors and repairs person,,

I am from Singapore. I am 87 years old I am on the Internet as Thr Agra,ophoneman -DavidRow. I am COMPLETLY ISOLATED from forums and other groups simply because my computer skills are VERY LIMITED.. my email address is [e-mail].

Often the websites prompts me that I have a wrong or used password, and other blocs. I do hop e this letter goes through.

D

[David Row]

I just tried to gain access into this group. But the robot part and the quiz pictures continue to keep me out. so help me.

[lucius1958]

Nov 5, 2020 0:00:02 GMT -5 David Row said:

I just tried to gain access into this group. But the robot part and the quiz pictures continue to keep me out. so help me.

This site is unfortunately something of a "ghost town": a few of us patrol regularly as a sort of skeleton crew, providing advice to the occasional visitor.

If you want to join a much more active community, may I suggest the Talking Machine Forum. There are plenty of knowledgeable and helpful people there.

BillS

[George Kipper]

Hello,
I have been a collector of early open horn phonographs, the really early discs [Berliner, 7" Zonophone, Climax, Viataphone [hey - I still dream], brown wax cylinders, etc. - for 63 years. Also was a sound recordings archivist, Library of Congress [35 years; now retired] cataloged their entire Berliner [was a contributor to Paul Charosh's Berliner discography], other early disc and all brown wax cylinders during those years. Member if ARSC, also, corresponded with "Jim" Walsh , was friends with Walter Welch, Clarence Ferguson, David Houser, other remaining former Edison employees still around in the late 1950s-1960s. Tim Fabrizio = another friend - and someone who worked a few weeks at LC with me ca. 1986. Also, assisted Richard "thingy" Spottswood, and someone named Jarrod in their discographical work at LC. I hope that one of the "Skeleton crew" spots this email and can assist me in updating my phonograph repair contacts. I am trying to contact Steve Medved at his current email/phone [regarding high end reproducer repairs. Also - am trying to contact Ron Sitko [regarding new quality mainsprings] and an experienced mainspring repairer [Triumph Model A, Amberola 1A, etc. mainsprings] somewhere in the Maryland region. [Sometimes I wish I was on the west coast, Michigan, Illinois, etc. - areas where the collectors seem more active than the Maryland area, north of Washington, D.C. Best,
George Kipper Gaithersburg, MD [e-mail]

[alang]

George Kipper, I am sorry to relay that Ron Sitko has passed away a couple of weeks ago. A great loss for the hobby and for everyone who was fortunate enough to have known him.

[timnet1]

I have a Edison 30 that needs repair . i have seen that there is someone in peoria illinois . anybody know how to contact this person ? cole somthing