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Post by neophone on Jul 25, 2007 3:41:22 GMT -5
Gents, On May 20th I won a phonograph on E-Bay, the seller cashed my money order on the 25th of May. It just now arrived yesterday afternoon! .....I won't be bidding on any of his auctions again! A Brunswick Panatrope 106 portable. It's neat-o. But it's not quite as advertised. The governor is broken. The weights are riveted on so I can't do it myself. I need the three new springs with weights. The canvas covering looks to have been painted. The gold plating isn't so hot, but the motor looks good, it has it's record storage rack & it's the lightest portable I've yet gotten. I think this will be perfect as a bang-about portable to take with me anywhere. One I won't have to worry about wrecking. ;D Boys, any advice on how best to reseal this horn? Most of the path looks to be tight, I check with a flashlight. The front section where I've indicated have some rather large gaps. Also I was wondering if it would be worthwhile to put something like rubber sheeting with a cross cut-out over the large holes made for the winding key? Regards, J.
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ultona
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Post by ultona on Jul 25, 2007 9:56:57 GMT -5
John,
Have you ever tried using the flexible caulk? I've used the clear stuff to seal ortho horns with great success. Easy to apply, water cleans up any mistake and it's removable in the end if you really needed to...you just run the caulk along the seams themselves and you'll have a nice airtight horn.
Sean
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Post by neophone on Jul 25, 2007 16:47:57 GMT -5
Sean,
Yeah, I don't see why painters caulk shouldn't do the trick. A couple of the gaps are too big for just glue. I had been thinking of an old trick I heard of for gaps-stuffing them with twine the gluing over that. Either that or linseed oil putty. ( I was afraid the putty would harden and fall out with the vibrations.)
What do you fellows think of the reproducer? It's got some small cracks in the bad but I'm hoping it's re-build-able.
Regards, J.
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Post by maroongem on Jul 25, 2007 23:13:38 GMT -5
John,
I would leave the cracks alone on the rear of the sound box. I really can't see them from the pix you took so they can't be that bad. I use plumber's putty to caulk up joints. It is easily rolled and doesn't dry out.
Bill
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Post by neophone on Jul 27, 2007 0:54:05 GMT -5
Bill, Yes they don't look bad at all, but they are along the inner edge of the of the outer ring on the back. So I am hoping that if it end up sounding like I need new gaskets in there it can be opened up. (BUT ONLY IF I HAVE TOO ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D).. As far as the horn-Yeah plumber's putty would be a good fix too-and I'm pretty sure I have a can lying around someplace. ;D Regards, J. P.S. Here's a cropped larger copy of the same photo above. They don't look bad really, but I think I might want to refrain from attempting a rebuild. I'm hoping it'll sound fine when I get the gov. done.
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Post by orthophonic on Jul 27, 2007 11:17:48 GMT -5
John, if the reproducer needs to have new gaskets, you might try drilling through the ring if it is all broken up so that you can separate the parts of the reproducer. Obviously you would need to make or repair the ring which you can repair a small part of it using epoxy putty. Hope that helps and if you need to, I can rebuild it for you if you like; just send me a message. John
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