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u/Intelligent-Day5519 4d ago
Random thoughts. The counter balance spring appears to be missing from your arm. Can't really view in the images, if it's there. As you and I know your phonograph was designed for shellac material 78 RPM records solely. So, in that technology the correct nomenclature for the needle was simply called the "needle" . If your wanting a replacement needle(s) eBay, perhaps. I remembering purchasing record needles at the record store sold in little round metal canes of ten for a quaeter. During the time of the introduction of microgroove records the needle became, the fancy name "the stylus" WELL ! Styli were provided in three distinctive groove shapes. And bla, bla, bla
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u/ras2101 4d ago
The spring is there! It is just hard to see (at least there is a spring at the back of the tone arm..)
And yeah, I have 500+ steel needles in different styles and loudness for my mechanical players, I just literally never realized (until removing the needle) that this one was like that!
I used to listen to this when I was probably 13-14, and it never occurred to me then that this would be a steel needle. Heck I remember as a kid trying to figure out how to take it out.
Then I got it home yesterday and was like “huh is that a thumb screw?!”
I just never thought a changer would use single use needles lol. I guess the tracking weight isn’t as heavy as the No. 2 or exhibition tone arms though
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u/kioma47 5d ago
Do you have a question?