After talking to the owner of it, I decided to accept the Symphonola. He gave me a down payment and understands that I will be learning as I go. It arrived today and Wow, what a cool looking machine! The mech seems to be very well made, and the motor mounts, how cool are they!? This box has been on the road a thousand + miles. The shipping bolts were snug, but the wood on the left and right, that the springs sit on, only had 1 bolt out of 4. So the mech was hanging to the right, and I think the only thing holding it from going further is the selection knob shaft. It might be bent a little. Also the tone arm was below the mech board hanging from its wires. I lifted the mech and installed the missing bolts and plugged it in. Upon starting,the worm gear was grinding on the fiber gear. :( But the gear looks OK :) It has a hell of a lot of play there. I shimmed it but after it made 6 or so cycles, the gears acted up again, so I suppose more shims will be needed or something I didn't see is loose. Hopefully that is in the manual. And on the subject of the manual, I have the manual for a 1941 on a CD that will print out very nice, is it the same as the 1940? I didn't order one for the 1940 yet because I wasn't certain it was coming or not. I'll order one on Monday but I'd like to get into it further, sooner. They don't always have the manuals "in stock" and can take some time if they have to print one out.
Tony
On 11/2/2024 10:11 AM, Ed Liss via Jukebox-list wrote:
They are mechanically difficult so a manual is a MUST! Get one from Victory Glass online. I have an 1948 aluminum model. After almost 8 decades small parts begin to wear out and need to be replaced. Selector issues are a few as well as rebuilding the amplifier. They used a Jensen 15" dynamic range speaker. Overall the machine has excellent fidelity. Suggest reckoning the speaker. The Wurlitzer 1015 production run was 60,400 but the trashcan series was over 80,000 produced. Good luck. Ed
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On Sat, Nov 2, 2024 at 10:01 AM Tony Miklos via Jukebox-list < jukebox-list@lists.netlojix.com> wrote:
I've never looked at the insides of one of these, all I know is that it doesn't play. And of course "It all lights up and everything" :)
Anyway, from what I could see in the poor pics of the mech, it looks fairly simple. Are they easy? Trying to decide if I want to take the job or not since I have an open spot in the shop.
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