Grafonola Tone arm

wjc · by **wjc** » Fri Feb 14, 2014 9:49 pm

The tone are on my Grafonola Eclipse is looking pretty bad and I'd like to replate it. How does it come apart between the elbow and the taper arm. There's no set screw and I really don't want to force it. Here's a picture

by **Ron Rich** » Fri Feb 14, 2014 9:59 pm

WJC,
It appears to me ( but I "no nothin'", about these) that this joint was formed by bending one section over the other, and rolling the outer section over, to hold it together. If that's the case, I would assume it to be impossible, to separate the two sections ?
Ron Rich

wjc · by **wjc** » Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:44 pm

Ya Ron, I'm thinking the same thing. I've seen pictures of these separated and I've seen the individual pieces sold but they may have been from a different type of tone are.

Thanks
Bill

by **Ron Rich** » Fri Feb 14, 2014 11:48 pm

Hi Bill,
Just had a "thought"-- I have seen this type construction somewhere, that had "notches" in it--
To separate the parts, all one needed to do is twist the parts till the notches aligned--then "pull"--
Is this a possibility here--I dono !--but it seems logical, in my feeble mind---
Ron Rich

wjc · by **wjc** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 4:22 am

I tried turning a few degrees then rocking the 2 parts to see if they might be notched but they did not separated. This phono is like a mutt. It has Grafonola case and internal horn and a heinemen motor so it's not really worth much but sounds great.. Tonight I sanded the Tone arm down to 500 grit and painted it with a chrome Dupli-color paint. It looks great. I'll buff it in a few days then clear coat. It's not going to be historically accurate but it will be a presentable and good sounding machine.

Bill C.