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Welcome to a “cyberland” where “vintage audio” is spoken and email inquiries are quickly researched and answered!
We specialize in the 1950’s through 1970’s era of popularly priced vintage phonographs, record players, consoles, and tape recorders and in particular, those Voice of Music models produced by the V-M Corporation of Benton Harbor, Michigan.
Think “everything for V-M products, but also needles, cartridges, idler wheels, 45 rpm adapters, and some belts and center posts for everything else”.
Our record player needle and cartridge offerings are up to date, including replacement needles for the latest retro style phonographs. We feature Pfanstiehl® and vintage brands no longer with us.
Whether you are an original owner, serious collector, servicer, or have just acquired your first model at the garage sale down the street, you have come to the right place!
Yes, there is now a shopping cart but there is so much available that is not on the website and so many “look alike” parts that our personal service is, if anything, more important than ever!
You can buy the most needed items by creating an account and using the shopping cart. We will assist you with items that can’t be ordered on-line. You can also view your past orders with us. Click on Ways to Buy for more information!
For help in determining what you need or for items not on the website, we recommend you Contact Us by email so we can research what you need. Please make sure that our email address is on your “Safe list” – or you may never receive the reply.
Check your “junk mail” first and call on the phone if you didn’t hear back in 36 hours (most emails returned within a few hours).
Please do not email from work unless you are sure your email services’ firewall will let our response through. Including a phone number or address in your email provides a method of contacting you if our reply fails to reach you.
Our email replies try to be as helpful as possible – we restore equipment ourselves so we have a lot of knowledge to draw on. However, we don’t know everything and we can’t diagnose specific problems without seeing the machine! Also, please do not email asking “what is it worth”. Check eBay completed auctions for similar equipment to get an idea of current market value.
Here are some tips to help you find what you need, either on your own or with our help:
- Some products can now be ordered directly. There are plenty of pictures, but these may not be reliable on their own as many parts look alike but are not interchangeable. Please email or call if you are not sure.
- If the product is made by V-M Corporation, then email with the V-M Model number of the product and a description (or part number) of what you need (knob, turntable mat, idler spring, etc).
° We will reply with availability and order information. It’s a good idea to also order the Service Manual your “catalog” of parts and resource for schematics, lubrication, and trouble shooting tips. Click on Sales and Service Literature.
° For specific record changer and tape decks produced by V-M Corporation but contained in a non V-M branded unit - this is the only place in the world with the build records which detail every part in every V-M product – no matter what brand name is on it. No guessing!
° Not sure if your Zenith, Motorola, GE, or other brand product has a V-M manufactured record player or tape deck? Click on Do I have a V-M? and find out! Helpful hint: If your changer says “Made in England” anywhere on it, it is not a V-M product.
- We don’t have a lot of V-M stock of older “tube era” transformers, speakers, and we have no grill cloth. See the FAQ and Restoration Tips section for recommendations on these items.
- For non V-M products, the menu selections (eg “45 Adapters”) have Help menus. Even so, it may be difficult to identify precisely what you need, so email or call with as much information as you can provide. We may advise that you track down a service manual for your model if it is
still not clear what you need.
Getting your equipment up and running
Please click on FAQ and Restoration Tips and the three selections under the title Restoration Services for information on service referrals, restorations we do, and “do it yourself” advice.
Pfanstiehl® is a registered trademark of LKG Industries, Inc.
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