•According to the book, "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich", Adolf Hitler adopted the swastika as the symbol of the Nazi party in l920. Regards Mike Ryan

•MMDer Bill Budenholzer wrote this note to me, and I agreed that he should learn if other MMDers share his concerns. From: bluemax@esmrahd.com (Bill Budenholzer) To: editor@foxtail.com Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 10:11:32 -0500 Subject: MMD Digest I was looking through the picture gallery section of the ...

•Hi I would like to thank all who responded to My query for a Philco M4 phono cartridge, The Philco is now working perfectly, thanks to locating a complete M4 record changer, with a perfect green hammertone finish with a good needle. I finished assembling the Philco 48-1270 together last night, and ...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- Hi, I own a Cecilian antique phonograph and I was wondering if you know anything about the company that made them, like what city and what years they were made? If I could find a picture of mine it would be great. I do know that Montgomery Ward s...

•> Greetings, I am looking to purchase a "horn" and a "crank or key" > that will fit an Edison Concert model 5 inch cylinder player. There > is no indication of an external support for a large horn so it might > just be a smaller "witches hat". The crank is about 1/4 inch square, > not threaded. Dea...

•I am replacing the broken stylus in an Edison Amberola 30. It probably makes more sense to mail it off to be rebuilt, but where is the fun in that? So here is my question, "What is the best way to get the old stylus out of its little brass cross shaped holder?" It appears to be pressed or soldered ...

•Wayne Finger wrote: > It appears to be pressed or soldered into a brass holder which pivots > on the bottom of the reproducer weight. I've thought about heating > it with a torch, pressing it out through the little hole in the back > or drilling it out. I have come across this subject before and I ...

•> I believe that the stylus was electroplated (nickel plated) in > position, and for some reason the nickel forms a compressive grip > on the stylus. Does this ring any bells with anyone else? Nickel is one of those odd metals that plates under tension. Edison found that the diamond for the Diamond...

•Greetings, I am looking for any information on a company from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, that manufactured a round phonograph that looks like a pot-bellied stove with a lamp on the top. It is called a Modernola. Also, has anyone ever heard of a music store in the state of Maine called "Viner's"? They...

•[ Fr. Bill Leaming wrote of a friend's web site of antique phonos: [ http://ww2.netnitco.net/users/jimmym/home/radio/index.html Thanks, this is a very nice high quality web site. I quickly perused the Edisons, my specialty, and did however note that the descriptions were often in error. This is not...

•Jody & Wolfgang Brommer, I was recently cut off from my daily "FIX" of the MMD, (through no fault of mine,) and was only recently re-connected. After re-connection, I went back through the archive to get up to speed on the most recent past "Mechanical Music Chatter." This is where I saw your listin...

•-- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD -- Dear Robbie, The gentleman at QRS said your site was just the place to try and get some info on my phonograph. They also are looking for more information on the QRS Model 15. I was so pleased to hear that you, too, were interested in knowing m...

•-- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD -- Greetings to all of you who have so generously shared your knowledge with me! The interest you have shown in this neat little phonograph has made me love it even more. And it is, indeed, a historical artifact! I hadn't thought of it that way. ...

•I have a Seeburg "Phonogrand" cabinet player piano which I purchased a number of years back. The case is walnut and really beautiful. This unit plays Seeburg expression rolls as well as regular rolls. My machine is missing the phonograph unit but the board is there and it would not be a real proble...

•-- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD -- I would like information on whether P.A. Starck made any electric phonographs, that used the name of "Starck Classique". If so, can it be dated? Robert Schoenborn

•In regard to the request for phonograph spring repair, etc. [020809 MMDigest], I have repaired hundreds of springs in all sorts of different machines with no problems. I also have done tons of reproducer rebuilds over the years. If you wish to contact me use my email address or call my shop phone 7...

•Is there any way to flatten the surfaces of Edison Diamond Disk records? I have several disks where the surface has delaminated from the core and flared up at the edges. Would heating them in an oven with a flat weight work? Is there any solvent which would soften but not completely dissolve the su...

•Well, I know there have been a few projects in Germany to restore historical disks, and a professional company is doing it. These are the links: http://www.diamondcut.de/pages/info.html and maybe you try the Fachhochschule Berlin (University of Applied Science) where you can study restauration: htt...

•Edison phonograph records are available for such low prices ($1 to $5) that it does not pay to try to repair them. The Lynn Bilton Phonograph and Music Mart will take place this Sunday September 29, in Delaware, where there will be hundreds of these records for sale. Marvin Polan

•There's no way that I know of to repair Edison diamond discs when this starts to happen. When standard shellac 78s (or 80s, 90s, etc!) warp, you can put them in a very very slow oven for a brief time, then carefully weight them down 'til cool to fix the problem. I tend to check diamond discs very c...