Phonoland

Hi everybody.

I've been lurking for awhile and trying to glean information. (Please forgive my steep learning curve as I mostly deal with wind-up machines.) I'm trying to recreate my family's first stereo which was an early component system with a PE 59A stereo turntable in a simple plinth, a Teeco Amp (model 955) by Truetone Electronics (yet to be located) and two bookcase speakers (which I still have). I've got a turntable from ebay, but I need the Plinth dimensions so I can make a replica. Does anybody have one of these, or a reasonable facsimile? Feel free to answer me here or by direct email: mkauper(at)verizon.net

Thanks for your help!

Martin

I thought I'd upload a photo of the manual cover with a line drawing to see if it jogs anybody's memory

Cheers,
Martin

Now you have piqued my curiosity.

What does the control at the front to the right of the turntable do?

Hi!
Sorry it took me so long to come back to this post. To answer your question, that thing on the lower right is what PE called a "starter key" It was shaped to (sort of ) fit the tip of your finger and it slid back to start the changer. One could also simply lift off the tone arm from its rest to achieve much the same thing.

As a note of progress on this project, I've located a Teeco amp, which I'll be picking up today and I'll still be looking for a nice version of the PE Rex 59A. While I'll continue with the one I have for now, I realize that this version is ever so slightly different from the one we had while I was young (see brochure for picture). I'm looking for the model with the turn-over cartridge and the single piece tone arm. So, if anybody out there has one, please let me know. Have a great Christmas everybody!

Martin

Not the one by the rest post. That is the reject button.

I mean the one close to the turntable, just to the right of the pickup head in the photo.

Or is that just a nameplate? It looks like a sliding control.

Sorry for the confusion. I think what you're seeing is the PE name tag. The extra large "PE" does look like it could be a slider. I think I may have seen a button or something in that area on other PE models. They're interesting machines.
Regards,
Martin