Picked up a Zenith 6R886 Radio/Phono Combo today!

[vortalexfan]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

They're going to be expensive because a number of $5K Wurlitzer Jukeboxes use them and ebay sellers like to milk the more monied collectors for as much as they can get. If you can find it through a non-auction seller it should be cheaper. Otherwise any parts changer that uses the cart and has a decent stylus could be used as a doner.

Thanks, I'll look into some of the non-auction sources for needles.

I know that Gary Stork doesn't have any left at his site, but I know there are some other sites that sell NOS needles, that aren't affiliated with feebay.

[vortalexfan]

UPDATE: Unfortunately some of the non-ebay sources I found were even wanting $70 or $80 for the needle...

[Davala]

I was replying that I had a couple of these I was using on my 1950 zenith turntable. I think I bought 2 or 3 years ago hoping to fix the broken tonearm. Well I went to go look and they are not with the turntable or in the tonearm. What the heck would I have done with them? I'll try looking but that was at least 5 years ago and a house move.

Sorry!
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Matt Davala

[vortalexfan]

Originally Posted by Davala

I was replying that I had a couple of these I was using on my 1950 zenith turntable. I think I bought 2 or 3 years ago hoping to fix the broken tonearm. Well I went to go look and they are not with the turntable or in the tonearm. What the heck would I have done with them? I'll try looking but that was at least 5 years ago and a house move.

Sorry!
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Matt Davala

That's OK. I'll keep looking as well. There's bound to be a "small hole in the wall" type of shop online that might have the needles I need for this radio's record player somewhere that I haven't found or tried yet.