Repairing an Antique Gramophone with my Dad
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- Опубліковано 2 бер 2024
- This week in the shop Trena strips and refinishes a 1917 Victrola Gramophone.
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Hi John! Thank you SO much for giving us the gift of your daughter. Also, much gratitude for passing along the skills of the trade. Trena employs them in a most excellent manner. We all love her
So nice of you
Amen and Amen!
Agreed! John, I’d love to know where you gained your knowledge of the craft, that you could pass it on to Trena for all of us to enjoy. Thank you both so much!!
Exactly! ❤❤
So agree with this!
Thank you, John!
What a great gift you gave her, and in turn to us as well.
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So much love and respect!
I recently lost my Dad and mentor in the middle of a project. I went your being able to work with your father still. I have not been able to allow myself back I to my shop since he died, it’s just been to painful so I am putting our projects in storage and then working on some other project until our projects become my projects. Your videos inspire me and seeing you working with your Dad helps me realize how lucky I was to have my Dad for the years I did. My goal is to make him proud with our now my business.
Oh I’m so sorry❤️
I love the memories of playing with the one we had, but it was very had to dance to. That was early 1950s. Great work.
Honestly I heartily Appreciate Mr. Thomson for his Meticulous Precision at this Age.
Of course not at all to miss you Trena...... You have a Tremendous Commitment and Finnesse in Workmanship...... ❤❤❤
Love to see a father and daughter working together. Beautiful work.
The saying goes "Jack of all trades, master of none." You and your dad seem to be masters of all!
In my opinion this should be thought to the future generations in order to preserve those beautiful machines,they are the greatest invention of mankind that should be preserved for future generations to marvel at.
Thanks for the beautiful and perfect restoration I have ever seen in my life.
Wow. Thankyou!
Beautiful! I have a small business too, and the best days have been the few when my daughter works with me. She's now 25. I will always love tackling a job with her.
That is awesome!
Thankyou for reposting this video, I was disappointed that I wasn’t able to see the end of it before. Lovely job between you and your dad. You make a wonderful team
Yea sorry. Had a few edits 🥰
As late as 1956, my parents rented a summer lodge in the Adirondacks with no electricity. Our sole evening's entertainment came from that same model of Victrola. So the night sounds were the crickets and Paul Whiteman. Thanks for preserving many memories of many people.
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So wonderful to see you with your dad working together. Thanks for doing this.
Thank you for sharing this repair ⛑/ restoration / maintenance 🛠with all the explanations that go with it. I've been working for my village's repair café (volunteer association) for 10 years and we have old, very old, new and very new equipement to repair. So your video is really talking to me. Take care of yourself and all the best.
Great to hear!
When I was little we had a gramophone at my grandmothers. She was born in 1896 and we played with it in the summer at her cottage! It was great to see it restored
What a delightfully appropriate and entertaining background tunes to go with a great restoration, sympathetically preserving a precious piece of history for generations to come. Bless you both, wonderful to see dad and daughter collaboration, so very well done.
Many thanks!
It’s so good to see your dad out with you in the shop! Your family is amazing ❤
It really is!
It’s so nice to see you and your dad working together Trenna. Your Victrola turned out beautifully! ❤
A really beautiful result. History will live and it's voice is back in the world. Great Team work!
Thank you very much!
What a treat to see you with your father, the dog was saying please let me out what ever you are listening to is dreadful. LOL
Lol
My dad rescued an old Victrola Gramophone with a huge stack of 78rpm records when I was a kid. Unbeknownst to us the gears had a fatal hairline crack. After cleaning and re-greasing the motor and spring we played it for several months before something snapped inside and the the tightly wound up spring suddenly lost its brake and the spring let go the stored energy and the crank handle went spinning out of control breaking my father's hand that got in the way. Taking it apart there was no available replacement parts to repair it so it sat in the house as an interesting furniture piece until they eventually gave it away to a collector. Since then I was terrified of wind up spring crank arms, though I do own an antique tambour key wind mantle clock. Beautiful and lucky that you were able to repair the motor works!
Whoa! What a story!
My dad had an old Ford which you could start with a handle and you soon learnt not to get your hand in the way when it kicked back. It was useful when the car had a flat battery - you can't do that with modern cars.
His dad had an old gramophone, but it was electric. He still had to change the needle every two sides of the record; you were able to get long-lasting needles, black with a silver tip, which played ten records. The needles were available in loud and mellow volume types.
Great job and choice of music! Good to see shop dog settling in! I look forward to your videos, very theraputic! Keep up the good work. Good to see you with your Dad!
Thank you very much!
Trena, you're so lucky to have your dad around! I used to work with mine in the woodshop and like you, everything I learned, I learned from him! I have a smaller gram-a-phone, in much worse shape, to restore, it's a tabletop version I think, but all the working parts look like yours. I'm so glad you made this video because I've been wondering what to do with it. I normally work on vintage sewing machines, so I'm pretty familiar with caked-on grease and oil and tiny parts. It's a lot of fun, and I've been able to work on many other machines and furniture since I picked up this hobby. Enjoy and cherish your dad, and you both have fun!
Thankyou I sure will!
Do glad to finally get to see and hear your dad in action. What a blessing to get to work with him.i bet he has years and years of knowledge.thank you for this video.i really enjoyed watching.
Yes! Thank you!
Oh , i so needed this today. Such a joy to watch you and dad bring a piece back to its glory.👍🏼💙
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Oh, that was such an interesting refurbishment. My Nana had one of these and I remember my uncles playing records when we had Sunday tea at her house. I wasn't allowed to crank and had to sit still and be good. 😊 Such memories, and lovely to see you and your Dad work together, Trena. Thank you. 🤗💞
Oh, my goodness, what a treat to see that. My grandma had one similar when I was very young. The music of the 1930s was unique. You both did an amazing job with an fascinating piece of musical history. Thank you both for all you share with us.
Your so welcome
We have one that was given to us 50 years ago. Now that I've seen the workings of the motor, I think I will take it apart and lube it.
Dream Team Renovators! Gramophone turned out gorgeous! 🤩
What you two can do with an item that’s more than a century old ! - now looks brand new 😎
Tag Team TLC to the rescue - kudos for another outstanding restoration and thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much! 😊
Wow, this takes me back to my childhood.
We had this exact same model of gramophone (but with the original metal head) in our front room, when I was groing up in the 80's/90's.
It's so nice to see a piece I'm familiar with, on my favourite restoration channel.
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Hello John and Trena. Thank you, that was very interesting. That you go the extra mile no longer surprises me. I so enjoy your work. Blessings ❤
Our pleasure!
Nice to see you working with your dad on this project, I often wish that my daughter would want to do the same
Fabulous transformation by the father/daughter team. Beautiful new life transfused into the tech of the early 20th century. Wonderful patience and attention to detail. Thanks for posting.
Thank you so much!
Two masters of carpentry, a really beautiful gramophone and nice music. A pleasure to see you both bring it back to life.
Fantastic job and so glad to see you working with your dad. That's awesome!!!!! GOD bless you both!!!!!
Thank you!
Beautiful restoration Trena, so nice to see your dad working on vintage audio and applying all hiw knowledge. As you know vintage audio is my thing so i appreciate this one even more. Thank's for sharing :-)
Glad you enjoyed it
Beautiful work❤
Wow, that was fun! Such talent!! Trena, your dad has such an easy hand....should have had him spray my classic car
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Hello cute pup! Trena & Kohn, thank you for sharing your knowledge. Loved the music, too.
Our pleasure!
Thanks for showing the spring cleaning ;-) My Victrola needs that. I had restored the pickup and my Grandson age 4 has been playing it for years.
Glad to help!
That dog is absolutely adorable! The last shot with the dog chilling out looking outside and listening to the Victrola is so heartwarming.
I love watching you transform items like this. I was amazed at how much those plates brightened up without looking worn out. I’m glad you know what to do when the spring inside the motor unrolls like that, because my first reaction would’ve been four lettered and foul.
Lol. Thankyou Shirley!
I recently found your channel, and it has become my favorite. I'm currently watching your older videos as well as looking forward to new content. Keep up the good work.
Awesome! Thank you! And welcome!
Great restoration. I remember when I was a little girl in the 1960's my grandmother still had old 78 records - they were very brittle.
Amazing job. Who ever gets that back will be over the moon. Blessings to you and Dad. 🙏🏻❤️
Trena, I love your Dad’s dry sense of humour, and it’s clear he’s proud of and full of love for you. You took on a huge task with this one, and the results are fabulous. Congratulations! Loved the soundtrack, too. By the way, Heintzman & Co. pianos were far and away the finest upright grands and studio pianos of their day. If a person is looking for an antique or second hand piano for their home, they’re worth searching for. They would still rival modern pianos.
Thanks so much and you are Absolutely correct. I have one!
I have one of these from my mom’s farm. RIP mom.
Trena, I cannot help feeling tenderness when I see you working with your dad. I lost mine to cancer in 2007, he was as much a role model to me as yours seem to be to you, although I do not have the same profession as his (he was a military pilot). I hope you enjoy your dad's company for a long time to come! Give him my best regards, will you? Hugs from Sao Paulo, Brazil.❤
Oh Thankyou and I’m sorry for your loss. I do cherish our time together it is something I thought I would never have again. Cheers love
My grandparents had the exact same one. We used to play it all the time when we went to their house. Our favorite record was 'Hallelujah I'm a Bum'. Some people thought it sounded scary because the sound was so scratchy, but I loved it. My brother still has it.
They have a unique sound
When you are 107 years old, you get a new slop bucket! 😅 Loved the music throughout the video. Great to see you two working together. Stunning piece...Wow...just Wow!
Lol
Excellent restore, learned several techniques. Appreciate the clear volume and view. Thanks for posting!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautifull video because I ear you laughing and joking with you dad. You are so lucky, both of you, to have that daugther-dad bonding. Live long and proper. Love you❤
😊 thank you
As a kid I would see these in homes but now only in antique stores. It's beautiful.
Love the music you are playing. And love seeing this Gramophone cleaned up! Awesome work. Thank you!!
Thank you!
Wow! Just wow! Awesome, totally awesome!❤❤❤❤
Thank you! Cheers!
Great work again John, Trina and shop dog 👏👏👍
A magnificent and stunning restoration. Kudos on bringing a piece of living entertainment history back to life. It was a simpler time indeed.
As promised, I did not delay watching this one. And I am glad I didn't. Great to see you and your pops working together. I loved it when a few times one of you said a joke and you laughed together, a little chuckle here and there - that made the video for me. Nothing like a father and daughter laughing together - does not matter what age. The Gramophone restoration is impressive. I like these over the ones with the visible horn. I am so glad that you tackled the mechanism repairs, otherwise it would just be a very nice wood piece. At a minimum, I was hoping you would have someone come in or you send it off to someone. But even more impressive you got in there and did it. There is a show I used to watch and occasionally catch called The Repair Shop. Based in the UK. It has a team of experts in various fields that restore items that are brought in. This reminded me of that show a little. And honestly, when I watch that show, I often think of you. The big difference is that they have experts that handle different disciplines. You handled obviously, the wood, but the clockwork springs, and the weights, and general maintenance of a over 100 year old Gramaphone. Impressive!
Thanks so much! I really appreciate your kind words!
My grandmother had one just like this. She was an ambulance driver in England during WW2. It's nice to see this one brought back to its gorgeous regal appearance
Very cool
...beautiful piece: everything used to be better than it is today! A shellac record with crackling and hissing: man - that's real enjoyment!
today - that's neglectful - so arbitrary!
Nice to see you again: I don't look so often anymore!
you already!
Greetings from Berlin
Cool machines. Quick story. I live in northwest Alabama. A tornado took out our town in 1974, a year almost to date before I was born. Mom said it was foreshadowing 😂 Anyway one player just like this was the only thing left where a farm once stood. It was just standing there with the whole farm house gone down to the ground. A man I worked with was also in that same town during the storm at the post office. He had just left when the post office exploded, he stopped in the middle of the road when his car windows blew. So he was down in the floor board praying when a stray dog was blown or jumped in he never knew, but the dog ended up on his back through out the whole storm. Afterwards, when they finally crawled out the dog gave a snort and a low growl, trotted off uninjured, never to be seen again.😅
Lol wow! What a story. I guess they are pretty heavy 😂
That's a BIG main spring, it's like a crossover with Wristwatch Revival!
Trena - you are such an awesome woman. I loved seeing you and your father work together on this project. The best to you.
Thank you so much!
As always, I smile when I see you've posted a new video! Love seeing you and your Dad working together. Keep 'em coming, Trena! ❤👍🏻
Thank you! Will do!
The music did go well with the piece
I have one of those...it belonged to my grandfather but it's solid oak..well not the bottom..awesome video!
Thanks 👍
Trena this was so much fun! I had to laugh when the motor spring unraveled in your hands!! It sounds like you and your dad had fun fixing this one up. You both did a beautiful job! Thank you for sharing this one with us. Hope this finds you and yours happy and healthy! See you next time! P.S. Your shop puppy is adorable!!! 😁
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Truly a blessing to have Dad around. You can still be a child and blow in to the horn with him looking at you😊
lol yep
How nice is that to listen to! Great job Trena and John 👏👏👏
Thanks!
I inherited one of these from my grandparents. It’s beautiful and in great original condition. Thanks for sharing your expertise
I really enjoyed seeing this restoration, and it always great seeing your Dad! Awesome musical choices too Trena!!
Thanks again!
Encore une très belle restauration,c’est très important de conserver notre patrimoine et de le restaurer, très joli travail, à bientôt salut Jeannot 🛠😉
Such beautiful restoration. That piece will be around for another 100 years (at the very least)! Absolutely gorgeous!
Love the happiness on both your faces. Clearly, you are both enjoying working together (as long as John can find things since you’ve re-organized the shop!!😂)
Glad to see Shop Dog is on duty, scaring away any would-be robbers! No chance of that in between doggy naps and scritches! 🐾🐶
Lol thanks!
My Mom had that same model. My son has it now, still works great. When Mom bought it, it had a couple dozen records with it.
The many talents of Trena! You have a lovely singing voice! I have to admit when you took apart that spring, I wasn’t sure it would go back in. I’m always amazed at the work you and your dad do to repair a piece, I never considered that fixing a motor might be part of restoring furniture. Excellent and thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much!
Me encantó verte trabajar con tu papá. Él te enseñó realmente bien, el trabajo de hoy fue ejecutado con tanta delicadeza que me emocionó. Congratulations ❤
Pretty cool. I have that same model sitting in my dining room. Based on the serial #, mine was from 1920. It was given to me from my great grandparents.
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I remember my grandma had one of those and all kinds of records it was fun
Nice work on the old gramophone. Beautiful mahogany, and it now looks like it just came off the show room floor at whatever store it may have come from, originally.
Ans\d look at you, Trena, being a regular mechanic! Must have been fun. Really nice work, as always, and thanks for showing this one. It's a treasure 👍
Thank you very much!
Another outstanding job! It was a real pleasure to watch you working with dad on this one. I really appreciate people who like to restore old furniture the craftsmanship is unparalleled by today's standards. Congrats on another beautiful restoration.
Loved seeing you tackle the spring! Like some messes I get myself into when trying to clean and repair an old object!
Repairing with the OG.... amazing ❤
Indeed it is!
As soon as you said, I need to remove the spring, I said OH HO.. But you did a great job. I also had this vision of you and your dad doing a Charleston in the closing scenes 🤣🤣🤣. Beautiful piece. ☺
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You are so fortunate to have video of your dad to keep forever. I wish I'd had some of my Mom. Your making beautiful memories ❤ and beautiful pieces. BTW, you were crazy or brave to tackle that motor 😂😅❤
I would have guessed early 1900s (1902-03) as well, but according to the serial numbers it was late 1910s. Fun video.
Thanks!
This is so heartwarming, you and your dad working I am enjoying your video thoroughly. Thank you so much for doing such a beautiful piece. If you were closer, I’d give you a record to play on it that I just inherited from my dad.❤
Oh nice!
The dream team 👍 Best music I've heard on U-tube for a long time. 👐
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I have a Decca 10 portable player. I used to get my needles from GC Electronics., They sold them as replaceable tips for voltmeters. My Grandmother had a very similar player and she had needles made from cactus spines as well as steel. They were easier on the records but wore out very fast. It is wonderful to see such great work. I look forward to your postings.
Thankyou!
Lovely restoration! Its cool to see this antique brought back to its former glory!❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful restoration. Bringing back the beauty w/o losing the originality ! I've seen some restorations on UA-cam that made me so mad and about cry cause they took away the little unique quirks that gave it character ! They might as well built it from scratch as you wouldn't have been able to tell the difference.
Thank you very much!
What a treasure, working with your dad! It is marvelous to see such skill in one room. Well done you two!
Yes, thank you
I've been hoping your dad would have a bigger role in your videos. Great job, both of you!
Thank you!
What a gem you Trena has given to us. The priviledge to see you both working together. A rare vision we see nowadays. Thank you thank you. God bless you all.
Wow, thank you!
Great video. It was well done. Thanks for taking time out of your life, to share your dad's and your own skill with us.
Glad you enjoyed it!
As a 1917 model - probably played "Over There", "It's a Long Way to Tipperary", "The Americans Come", "The Rose of No-Man's Land", "Pack Up Your Troubles"
I have one of these, and now I am going to get busy refinishing it.
WOW Trena and John, what a brilliant and precise restoration, you two are the REAL Dynamic Duo, cheers!!!🥰😘😘💕👌👍👍💪 oh by the way loved seeing shop dog again, such a placid pooch!!🐩
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my dad' grandma had one almost like the one you have,looked veryclose. it worked and us kids got a kick out of winding it up and playing those old thick 78 records from early years
How Exciting! I have TWO of these gramaphones - one owned by my grandmother and one owned by my husband's grandmother. Both were manufactured pre-WWI and both have a good supply of the old records. The cabinets are in super condition and they both work but I'm sure the motor could use some cleaning and oiling. I want to give them to my two grandchildren so I'm now on a mission to find someone to service them. Thanks for the restoration lesson!!
Wonderful!
Beautiful work!
Thank you! Cheers!
I would have loved to tackle the job of fabricating the missing parts for the speed governor.
Oh well that would have been lovely
That spring is massive!
Great episode, beautiful job, an ode to simpler times.
Glad you enjoyed it
The old radio gram have a sound all there own congratulations..