[Jukebox-list] AMI B Record arm question

[David Breneman]

--- Gary Young <gazzyoung_uk at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Everyone, I was wondering if anyone could shed some
> light on something that I have been living with for
> many years and never got around to trying to fix it.
> basically the record arm on my AMI B has always had a
> tendancy to put the 78 down on the turntable too fast
> for my liking, thus increasing the likelyhood of
> cracking the record, (although none so far). I looked
> at a friends and his action seems to be much
> slower/gentler. 

I would guess that your friend's is running too slow.
It would be very difficult to encounter a condition
in which the motor would run faster than designed.
Remember, the lowering of the transfer arm does not
place the record on the turntable,  The *opening* of
the transfer arm does that.  Mine cycles rather 
briskly itself, but I've never had any trouble with
it breaking records.  Certainly the original engineers
would have modified the record changer, in the 20-some
years between the time it was first developed and
the model B was introduced, if there was a breakage
issue.  How long does yours take to go from the time
the carriage stops until the tonearm touches down?



David Breneman         david_breneman at yahoo.com



 
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