Pennine Amplifiers 'Scout' Radiogram.

[Yorkie]

Ouch! What have I done to deserve that? George Formby's more my style.

I have got a 78 of 'The Teddy Bears' Picnic' which is the traditional test disc. First I've got to sort that idler out. The rubber is so hard, in fact if I didn't know it was rubber I'd think it was some type of hard plastic, that there's no chance of turning it inside out.

Cheers

Joe

Well we are off to Leeds on Weds night Joe to see the Ukulele Orchestra of GB, but their style of playing is as far away from Goerge Formby as a tangerine is from a turnip, or punk from Pavarotti!

Just a thought as to the idler - is there any possiblity that an 'O' ring would do the trick or is the idler a solid disc, rather than a 'tyre' on a pulley, and with a square edge to it rather than a circular section as an 'O' ring would be? 'O' rings come in many sizes - I've got a kit of 34 sizes ranging from 3mm ID/6mm OD (1.5mm section), to 50mm ID/57mm OD (3.5mm section).

I guess you perhaps won't bother too much with the record player side of things because you're very unlikely to use it. Interesting bit of kit though, that would have cost a princely sum in its day. Amazing how many small firms such as Pennine, and Graves at Sheffiled got into radio production up against the 'big boys' which got bigger all the time through amalgamation.