my Victrola sounds like loud squeaks on cretin notes it seems..any suggestions. should the post that goes to the center of the diaphragm be sodered to the needle holding assembly?
This is awesome :) I love finding random stuff like this at night, when I can't sleep. Stuff like this is what makes Youtube so great. Thanks for posting this :)
Your Victrola Talking Machine is most likely made between 1922 and 1929 which is when the turntables were yellow felt. Green felt were between 1900 and 1921.
That's a late VV 4-7. The 4-7 was offered from 1926-28. this one probably dates to the end of the production run in 1927 if the bronze finish taper-tube is original to the machine.
I commented that I realized after posting this video two comments ago, but I guess people don't read that far back. I'll try to change the description.
You're right. When I researched it after posting this, the best information I could find suggested that Nat Cole was playing the piano, but it was actually a young Frank Sinatra singing. I don't know Jack Teagarden or Eddie Condon.
I'll explain. The record you are using is not from the era of the Victrola. You are using a record from the '40s or '50s which was meant to be played on a phonograph with an electrical phono pickup. That uses a few grams of tracking force. The mechanical reproducer of a Victrola uses 8 OUNCES of tracking force which can destroy a recording from this era. You should only use records made before 1929, but I've found that the wear put on a modern record isn't terrible, it just isn't good.
You are completely right! In the 1930s records began to be recorded on softer discs. Pumice used to be in the grooves of records so that the needle will wear instead of the record. I have seen people play vinyl on these machines! Vinly is not only way to soft but they also do not have pumice in the grooves, so the needle will cut the record grooves out.
my Victrola sounds like loud squeaks on cretin notes it seems..any suggestions. should the post that goes to the center of the diaphragm be sodered to the needle holding assembly?
getmeoutofiraq05 1 year ago
I'm restoring a 4-7 myself
It was a upgrade from the 4-3
Very good orthophonic machine
Turkeydoodlers 1 year ago
This is awesome :) I love finding random stuff like this at night, when I can't sleep. Stuff like this is what makes Youtube so great. Thanks for posting this :)
wunderfool1973 1 year ago
my victrola is 1906 but has a yellowish color to it with some red
Bocc5495 2 years ago
You could be right about the speed. I'm neither a technician nor a musician. I just counted the revolutions with a stopwatch when adjusting it.
danieldnolan 3 years ago
Speed is wrong. This tune is played in F usually, perhaps E flat, but not E like it sounds here.
bigstriderman 3 years ago
I always close the lid when I play records on my Vic.
petecellar 3 years ago
Your Victrola Talking Machine is most likely made between 1922 and 1929 which is when the turntables were yellow felt. Green felt were between 1900 and 1921.
elfdog100 3 years ago
That's a late VV 4-7. The 4-7 was offered from 1926-28. this one probably dates to the end of the production run in 1927 if the bronze finish taper-tube is original to the machine.
Regards, J.
fuzzbear6240 3 years ago
A nice sounding Machine!
nintendy 3 years ago
The trombone is superb.
andrew17660 3 years ago
I commented that I realized after posting this video two comments ago, but I guess people don't read that far back. I'll try to change the description.
danieldnolan 3 years ago
This isn't Cole it's Sinatra, great never the less.
andrew17660 3 years ago
You're right. When I researched it after posting this, the best information I could find suggested that Nat Cole was playing the piano, but it was actually a young Frank Sinatra singing. I don't know Jack Teagarden or Eddie Condon.
danieldnolan 4 years ago
Very nice machine. However, please realize that you are killing that electrically-produced record on an acoustic machine.
laceup1967 4 years ago
please explain.
danieldnolan 4 years ago
I'll explain. The record you are using is not from the era of the Victrola. You are using a record from the '40s or '50s which was meant to be played on a phonograph with an electrical phono pickup. That uses a few grams of tracking force. The mechanical reproducer of a Victrola uses 8 OUNCES of tracking force which can destroy a recording from this era. You should only use records made before 1929, but I've found that the wear put on a modern record isn't terrible, it just isn't good.
edisonphono1 3 years ago
You are completely right! In the 1930s records began to be recorded on softer discs. Pumice used to be in the grooves of records so that the needle will wear instead of the record. I have seen people play vinyl on these machines! Vinly is not only way to soft but they also do not have pumice in the grooves, so the needle will cut the record grooves out.
edisonphonographs 3 years ago