I was taking apart my portable gramophone to relube it because of tone arm friction issues when I dropped it on the hard concrete floor, cracking it. I meassured the ID and got 35 mm. Is this a common/standard size? Im hoping I can replace it with a part from another tone arm.
Hi all I’ve been clearing out my mums house and found this gramophone and have no clue as to what model or value or collectibility of them does anyone know if it’s anything special or just take it to the tip as we also don’t have a cable to test if it works
Thanks in advance
Sorry it has been a while, I forgot to post this video when I cleaned it up.
It’s safely in storage for now.
Ebay is hopeless. They are all from the US with either exorbitant shipping costs, or they won't ship to Europe outright.
In a sort of follow-up from my last post, I took the leap and got my first gramophone -- a portable Decca 120. It arrived yesterday and I spent the evening inspecting it, through this I had some observations and questions.
Firstly, it works (at least to my knowledge)! I am just waiting on some needles to arrive to properly test my shellacs on it.
I believe it is missing the 'dust cover' over the crank. It appears to have the hooks for holding records in the lid, although not sure if there is meant to be another part. The cover is in decent condition, there appears to be some small holes (cigarette burns?) on some of it.
The songster sound-box seems to have seen better days though; dented and the rubber looks solid (see photos), so, I want to find an alternative. On that note, what sound-boxes work well with the Decca 120 and how are they supposed to fit? What are the differences between the various models of sound-boxes?
Also, I generally want advice on how to clean, maintain and restore the Decca. How do I care for the cover? What's the best way to clean the gramophone?
Me and my aunt found this old gramophone and wanted to play a vinal, it turns on but the problem is that the turntable won't spin and no matter how we try to make it spin it doesn't. As far as I know it does make a click sound so it can start to spin. Please someone help