[Jukebox-list] Seeburg "Home Stereo's"

[Jeremy Agema]

Great tip Ron! 

As my collection keeps growing and changing I am sure one of these machines 
will cross my path. Now if I can only keep this bit of information in my 
memory :)

Jeremy Agema


On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 10:52:15 -0700 (PDT), Ron Rich wrote
> Hi All, 
> I just learned something "new to me", about the Seeburg Home Stereos-
> -ALL models. It's a "no brain-er"--but then, what can I say. It is: 
> If the small portion of (open cell) sponge rubber, that was attached 
> to the mechanism cover should fall off, or disintegrate, there is a 
> VERY good chance that the phono will break the needle on that side 
> of the tonearm. I discovered this the "hard way". I was rebuilding 
> one for my customer--got it all done and wanted to try it out, so, I 
> put in a record, and played it--without putting the mech cover back 
> on. Well, when it started on the 2nd side, of the first record, I 
> discovered that the stylii was missing the "point". So, I put on a 
> new set of stylii. It played fine. I then put the cover back on, not 
> noticing that the sponge rubber was missing. I then put a couple 
> more of my favorite LP's in it and let it play as "background music",
>  while I worked on something else. After playing the next record's 
> second side, I heard a "thump", or "click", that did not sound quite 
> right, but it did not register--until it started playing the 2nd 
> side of the next record--sure enough, the needle had once again been 
> broken off--duh !!! That sponge rubber was 1/4 in thick, and 1/2 in 
> wide, and about 1/2 in long. It is positioned right under the area 
> of the cover where the bottom of the cartridge/tonearm will hit the 
> cover, as the tone arm shifts. I have used a "close cell" type of 
> "weather-stripping" there, many times before--just did not occur to 
> me this time, as someone had removed all of the "old stuff". Ron Rich
> 
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