There's no side-to-side movement of the needle. The bearing rebuild fixed that up nicely. It's (in the photo you provided) the entire yellow colored piece with the teardrop shaped holes. I've attached a photo of mine. The pot metal back will rotate slightly (1-2mm). I've been cleaning it a lot, beca...

Thanks. One issue that cropped up: the nickel cover that holds the needle bar is a bit loose - it jiggles and I am not sure if it is causing any of the buzzing on very high frequencies. The other is that I am burning through my initial order of needles like crazy. One store I frequent lets me pick u...

The parts came in today. First thing to do was try to fix the soundbox. I had already pulled out the crusty old rubber and bearings previously, so all that was left to do was put some "Judy Butter" (a type of thick yellow grease used by cyclists) in a light layer inside the "race"...

I got the soundbox off (finally). The brass ring was nearly seized, but some penetrating oil convinced it to come off. Looks like I got lucky and have a pot metal reproducer with no cracks in it. I took off the bearing covers and found that the rubber seals were rock hard and fused to the bearings -...

Look for a manufacturer called Brunswick. Look for a phonograph with an "Ultona" tonearm/reproducer. These will play Edison, Pathe, and Victrola records - all in one unit.

You are seeing it post-cleanup. Spray down with orange oil cleaner/conditioner, let sit, scrub lightly with 0000 steel wool. This was followed up by Howard's (Mahogany) and steel wool on the top and lightly on the sides. Then it got a good rub-down several times after that. Now this is what you see ...

Got some pics. This is it cleaned up.

Did you check CL over the past few weeks? Two credenzas showed up in Ventura county from the mid 4's to low 5's a week or three ago. One of which stated that the pot metal tone arm support was still strong. I was very interested in these, but they are twice as wide as the consolette. Any hints as to...

Thanks for the tips. The diaphragm looks to be in really good shape and the soldiered connection also looks good. This consolette was kept in a living room and played infrequently over the years. No rust, a few scratches, and the reproducer is pot metal but it has no cracks. The restor-a-finish did ...

Thanks. I'll need to get it rebuilt or replaced. The buzzing at volume is annoying.

Here where I live, people think Victrola's are rare and worth a small fortune. I routinely see common units selling for over $1000 in questionable mechanical but halfway decent woodwork. So yesterday I paid a bit more than I should have for a Consolette VV 4-3. It's the later model with the fancier ...