Phonoland

Hello,
I just purchased a re-serviced 1957 RCA model 9-ES-6H Victrola record player, and I need some assistance in using it. I thought if anyone would be able to help, it would be the people here.
I was nervous about getting it, so it was pretty dramatic getting it to work. But anyways, once I did, I put in the 45 adapter along with a 45. It didn't work and the needle accidentally dropped right onto the turntable. I got it up in time before it did any serious damage. I obviously must have put the adapter in wrong (even though the side that was marked "front" was accordingly in front), and when I tried to pull it out, the plastic broke and the pieces went everywhere. so I'm sending that out to see if I can get a replacement.

The next morning, I was anxious to try it with some LPs. The automation worked perfectly, however, the tone arm is jumping and the sound is oscillating back and forth. Is there a "simple" solution to this? I really would rather not send the entire record player back.

The needle is switched to "LP", not 78. So that's not the issue.

Thanks in advance

The 45 spindle was probably not all the way down. The end of the record pusher on the small hole spindle moves a part in the large hole spindle that causes it to drop records.

Those old spindles were made of Bakelite, and were easily broken if twisted instead of moved vertically.

There is no RCA Victor anymore.

There are many possibilities, but the most likely for the arm jumping is that the diamond stylus tip came off the needle. This might have happened when the record failed to drop. Another possibility is that the stylus selector in not fully in the LP position.

Record-changer wrote:The 45 spindle was probably not all the way down. The end of the record pusher on the small hole spindle moves a part in the large hole spindle that causes it to drop records.

Those old spindles were made of Bakelite, and were easily broken if twisted instead of moved vertically.

There is no RCA Victor anymore.

There are many possibilities, but the most likely for the arm jumping is that the diamond stylus tip came off the needle. This might have happened when the record failed to drop. Another possibility is that the stylus selector in not fully in the LP position.

Thanks for the response,

As for getting another piece, I'm sending it back to the person who sold it to me, who said he may have a spare. I wish I knew that info before!

It seems rather strange. I heard from one source that it's jumping because it needs extra weight on it. I'm not sure if it's correct or not to do that. Even if that was the case, I wouldn't know how to fix it. I'll e-mail the seller about it.

An update...
It turns out that the lever that switches the needle from 78 to MicroGroove is very loose. I taped it up as firmly as I could and it played perfectly. I was pretty excited so I moved it into another room and plugged it in. Now, despite it being firmly fastened up, it has stopped working again! Everything has just been a downward spiral with this record player.

Does the stylus have to be completely replaced? Can I even replace it?

As a professional servicer, and knowing that you know very little to nothing about the technical side of all this, my advice is to have someone knowledgeable perform proper service on this player.

There might even be other issues with it - I don't know how putzed-with this player has been.
People "claim" to have serviced it, but I've seen plenty of horror stories, and things that have been missed or ignored, or they simply didn't know to do.

And from where I sit, I cannot tell.