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Ruth Etting was amazing. Thank you for your video tribute.

After discovering the Love Me or Leave Me movie with Doris Day several years ago, I just had to find out what the real Ruth Etting was like. The very first time I heard her sing I was mesmerized. There aren't very many singers who can do that to me. She was just quite simply marvelous! 😻

Wrong. Adjust the stylus bar against the diaphram only after attaching the back.

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Thank you for this, my VV-50's governor was snapped, and I really wanted to fix it. Appreciate it!

Me gustaría la biografía traducida al español para saber mas de esta gran artista de una vos increíble y muy bella mujer ¡gracias por compartir!👍🤩😍😍

That was fun. Thanks. Quite a tapestry of life's mercurial romp. Ten Cents A Dance. A bit of flesh. A singer who wears a beautiful song. So much more engaging than today's obvious sell.

It's very useful to me.pl.send a gramophone in free of cost

Thank You!

I recently bied a new portable gramophone and noticed that the governor stripes were broken, so I was wandering which material should I use to build new ones? Like steel or nickel? Do you have any suggestions ?

Totally captivating

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Do you know of someone who do a rebuild for pay?

Where do you get the replacement springs?

Hi Your tips are fantastic and I was able to remove the motor and board from my VV-IX clean the motor, regrease, works great however I now can't get the motor and board back in so that the crank and motor line up! PLEASE, before I wind up drilling a two inch hole on the crank hole please tell me the trick. The board is the original, it's not warped and I'm going nuts. PLEASE tell me the secret. Thanks and keep the great vids coming but most of all STAY WELL!!!! M

I recently acquired my rare Leophone wind-up phonograph yesterday, and it runs okay, tested okay, and it slows down, so I did sprayed with Silicone lubricant and it runs well. But when I checked, it has a spring motor underneath filled with red grease, but it needs to be cleaned off and it should be run once again. Leophone, a name that you have never heard of before was a brand which was based in Ahmedabad, India, and it was an Indian made phonograph which was made back in the early 1920’s, and it’s now considered as a rarity for phonograph collectors. Right?

be aware, if you remove the governor with a fully wound mainspring it will INSTANTLY unwind and break itself. also if you remove the end bearing DO NOT let the governor hang unsupported, it will bend the bearing shaft on the other end.

Valuable video, but it is a shame he does not answer any questions.

hey does any one know what size diaphram a sonora e reroducer uses

Hi. Have enjoyed very much your video thank you for this. I am the honor of a Victor single spring and I did not find the way to open the spring box in order to repair or replace the broken spring. Can you please help me? Thanks

Great video and work! I have a question... which glue do u use??? Thanks in advance

good detail we all can learn----still can,t get my platter off-tell me how,please

How do you get the Columbia reproducers apart?

That's an easy fix. All Victor Victrolas has a 2-spring motor, and it is an easy repair job. My Victrola VV 8-4 which is the cabinet model has a 4-spring motor instead of 2.

thank you

Thanks for the video. I stumbled across her music while browsing 1920's music and am now a new fan of hers! :)

thanks. i became a fan when i saw the movie. the real ruth etting is a better singer than lots of singers today.

how do i fix the speed on my vic 4,,it spins too fast,,,the fast and slow knob doesnt seem to work ??

You don't describe how to replace the rubber gasket. You just show it during disassembly and when it appears during assembly--a miracle has occurred, and it now has new material! Please describe how you obtained the new material, and how you applied it to the metal ring. Thanks in advance!!

Was actually using this as a guide on how to rebuild my reproducer but now it won't play anymore D:

Although she was way before my time I loved her singing and style when I first herd her on radio as a young kid. I'm 78 years old now and I still love to here her voice singing.

Were is the retaining clip for that second spring drum's lid? running it with the lid loose like that will have the springs grease coming out. Also it should be said that the governor has a slight bit of "play" when the bearing is tightened down. you get a feel for it once you have done a few of these motors, many first timers like to push the bearings down tight so the shaft has no end play, this is not good, leave a tiny bit of endplay. The Victor 4 or 6, IV-VI are great machine to break into acoustic phonograph collecting with, Victors basic motors, easy to work with, especially the little 4.

Thanks SO MUCH! This video was VERY helpful!!!

Is this the same with the exhibition?

I wonder why the video is blocked in the U.S.A?

Thank You! I enjoyed it very much.

Great instructional video, very detailed! Just remember to hold off on sealing the fine screw with wax until the diaphragm gaskets have been compressed. By sealing it early in the video you can’t balance the needle bar after the gaskets compress causing the diaphragm to shift. Put it on during assembly to center the diaphragm, but don’t wax it until the very end when you will want to remove the fine screw to balance the needle bar. Also the white glue is unnecessary.

Where did you get the new parts used in the video?

Very well done, many thanks!

I had a montlhy column in the Collector news paper from Heyworth il from 1990-1997 called the Antique Phonograph Corner. good work!

Very good tutorial! A+ . But when you say white glue what kind do you mean exactly?

This was great, thank you for the tutorial! Also at the beginning of the video, what song is that?

Could you tell me which is the song with which your video starts ?

You are correct of course. The main reason I showed full disassembly was that many people like the do a full spruce up while they are in there. Clean and lubricate, replace the end bearing, etc.

isn't it easier to replace the springs without removing the governor shaft from the motor?

A lot easier than an Orthophonic. Those are next to impossible but i have done it. And making or stamping out a new diaphragm out of the leaf paper thin aluminum is an art. Its like surgery on an eardrum. One cant really do a link video on these pot metal devices. Only when the bezel. has been artistically pieced together can one do a video up. I have done many orthophonic reproducers with success but its not easy

Another suggestion for a proper governor rebuild is a proper balanced one. Each weight for a victor VI should weigh 20 grams. If not the heavier one or uneven one can cause the brake yolk to vibrate causing chatter and uneven speed control eventually the unbalanced weight can cause egg shaped wear on the brass yolk also cause spring strain and weakness which can cause the the spring to snap and fling into the case. always make sure the governor is balanced.

Sometimes through time the speed brake bracket will slide causing miss adjustment of speed that is why they went to an updated single barrel 2 spring motor to permanently fix the sliding brake bracket no matter how hard one tightens the screw i make small nubs on either side with J. B. weld making sure the brake bracket still can be removed this puts an end to the sliding problem. Adhesive underneath the brake bracket does not work due to the expanding and contracting of the different metals

That is a victor Victrola 6 not a 4 the 4 had a single spring motor not a 2 and the motor of the 4 houses inside the wooden horn.

Great videos! Oiling, greasing and checking/maintaining the overall motor would make a good one.