Brunswick Panatrope Exponential Type 8-7

winderguy · by **winderguy** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:36 am

Ive come into several cases and parts for wind up record players. Right now i want to know if i can buy parts for this machine and where. I dont need a lot, just the needle holder i believe. please help gary

by **Joe_DS** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:22 am

I noticed one for sale on the Raleigh Craigslist board.

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/atq/2665232716.html

Parts do surface on Ebay from time to time. Other options include the specialty parts shops. There are a number listed on this page under the Accessories/Restoration section near the bottom of the page --

http://www.proaxis.com/~settlet/record/links.html

Perhaps, too, someone may spot your post and have the part you need.

Good luck.

by **Joe_DS** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:00 am

By "needle holder" do you mean the sound box or reproducer?

: Panatrope Sound Box.JPG (18.81 KiB) Viewed 1536 times

(From Craislist Ad cited above.)

These come up for sale quite often on eBay. Normally, they will have to be rebuilt with fresh, soft diaphragm gaskets and carefully adjusted for maximum sound quality. Keep in mind, the acoustic horn Panatrope models were intended to compete with Victor's Orthophonic line. They were designed to play the newly introduced electrically recorded records with greater fidelity--bass, mid-range--treble--than was possible with older type phonographs.

Your 8-7, once restored, should sound very close to Victor's Orthophonic Consolette (4-3). There are a number of Youtube videos that show the Consolette's sound quality.

HTH,
Joe_DS