Winding you up with a gramophone repair. 

Oh, that's good to know.

Well, I didn't do that, I just dunked the whole thing in petrol as it was, because the spring didn't want to come out... There are other videos you can find about how to remove the spring but that's usually because it needs replacing or fixing because it's broken.

Finding enough records that have survived to call it a collection would be my next thought. Enjoyed hearing you made a party with it. It played at the right tempo for your whistling and I think my foot tapped a few times. : )

Merci pour l'information! Les disques á saphir, est-ce le vielle disques Pathé, avec gravure vertical?

@@RegebroRepairs Non, en fait Pathé a commencé à enregistré des disques à saphir en 1906, parce qu'il n'avait pas le droit de fabriquer des disques à aiguilles à cause du brevet d'Emile Berliner. Pathé à enregistrer des disques à saphir jusqu'en 1930, mais en 1920, le commerce du disque à saphir commence à s'effondrer, alors la marque à fabriquer ces premiers disques à aiguilles, les fameux Pathé Actuelle, ces disques étaient destinés au Etat Unis, puis il ont commencé à en fabriquer pour le Royaume Unis toujours sous le nom Actuelle et après en France et en Allemagne sous le nom Pathé, mais il y a aussi eu des disques Actuelle français. La firme Actuelle c'est aussi éteinte en 1930

That can look different on different machines, but on the ones I have seen, the part with the membrane has a slot, and the arm has a pin that should go into that slot.

No, I have never done anything like that, and don't know if it's hard. I guess giving it to some furniture guy is an option. Also, these cases came in different designs, so you don't need to limit yourself to black leatherette. You can go with everything from just the wood to real leather, although I assume real leather might be even harder to do... I've also seen blue and Bordeaux leatherette online as well.

I would look for a “amplifier guy”. They often re-cover vintage guitar amplifiers etc. so I bet if you can track down someone that works on old amps they could help you from there.

I guess different motors may have a different design there? Could it have something that holds it in place?

@@RegebroRepairs ..l’m thinking there’s an O ring but it’s so tight.

@@paulrowland2931 Could be. There are more windup gramophone repairs on RU-vid, maybe someone is opening a motor that looks more like your?

@@RegebroRepairs ..I read on one forum, saying it’s a really tough job to spring the clip apparently.

@@RegebroRepairs ..pleased to say my gramophone is running fine now 👍

You can feel it. You should be able to wind it without any significant force and it should be able to play a whole side of a 12" record on one winding.

That's exactly the problem I had, it's not the arm that is too heavy, it's the motor that doesn't have enough power.

If you mean the soundbox diaphragm, which is often a bit of corrugated metal foil, then those are different for different models. I'm not an expert, and can't find any information on Neuphonic, different brands were often sold under many names, maybe you can find another brand name somewhere? But otherwise they are probably replaceable with any diaphragm of the same diameter.

Well, you can't play vinyl records, firstly. It needs to be 78 RPM shellacs. If it is a shellac record and it's being damaged, then it's probably from the 50s, they often made them softer then, and in that case, don't play it with a mechanical gramophone. You will notice if it's doing that by the needle getting some black dust on it. That shouldn't happen. Secondly, make sure you use a fresh needle, it should be changed for every record. Yup, gramophone needles are one time use. If it spins before you put the needle down, but stops when you put down the needle, you likely have the same problem as I did: The grease in the motor is old and sticky, and it needs to be disassembled, cleaned, regreased and put back together again.

@@RegebroRepairs Thanks i will try it

Yeah, that spring refused to come out for cleaning, so I just decided to dunk the whole thing in petrol, and that worked. There are other videos that show you how to replace the spring, broken springs is a common problem.

You would probably have to replace the whole motor in that case. You can find motors online, but I've never replaced one, so I don't know what to look for to find one that fits.

@@RegebroRepairs Thanks!