Comments on: Totally Gakken!

By: Christian

Christian — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:46:58 +0000

To John Hoke

Try contacting one of Gakken’s distributors, http://www.hlj.com; if you enter “Gakken” on the search box, it will show you many of the items the store holds/used to hold. These kits are located within the “Real Science Kits” and/or “Education Kits” categories. BTW, they have this kit called “bow shooting boy,” which looks really creepy, but the concept and movement looks INSANE!! Hope this helps.

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:45:13 +0000

I assembled the Edison cup Recorder of Gankken from ebay. The shop is maintained by a Japanese Guy. The price is resonable 30$ + shipping and the guy is very reliable.

Store Name: Men`s Gangu
Seller: minorinminorin
Kit Name: New Phonograph Kit in Edison Style

See it here
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Edison-style-Cup-Phonograph-Kit-from-Gakken-Japan_W0QQitemZ140195288225QQihZ004QQcategoryZ38029QQcmdZViewItem

It was simple to contsruct and result was Ok.You have to speak/sing VERY loudly and have to play a bit with the angle of the pin to make a modest/understandable recording…Its true that the motor/mechanism noise is loud. But I was happy to see that the in principle it shows the methods used by Edison and also the kit was done very professionally.

Hobby Link Japan Also sells Gakken kit. They have a really very nice price. Although most of the time they dont have stock. Look it here
http://www.hlj.com/product/GAK166603

Gakken (www.gakken.co.jp ) also directly sell from their web site, but unfortunately everything is in Japanese …so diffficut tp proceed to the payment/cart page. Try usimng Googles translation page…

By: Mark Comer

Mark Comer — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:31:12 +0000

Way back in the mid sixties Remco had a toy phonograph kit that you built yourself. I’ve been going nuts trying to find one of these again. It was way cool, used a rubber band belt drive from the motor shaft and a pushpin for the stylus. There were no tools required and ran on a single “C” battery. I think the model number was 5022. It came with a single record, but I successfully played records from “pull string” talking dolls on it. Anyone else remember this kit?

By: kim byoung soo

kim byoung soo — Wed, 30 May 2007 13:58:38 +0000

안녕하세요
구경 잘하고 갑니다

By: Ikke

Ikke — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 16:25:21 +0000

Nice projects. Especially the CD recorder. Never thought you can actually pull this off.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 01:39:01 +0000

By: willian

willian — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 06:20:57 +0000

hi every one

we are a leading manufacture which produce all king of gramophone with large function
such as
1)home cinema system effect
2)dvd+radio+turntable+5.1amplifier +external input
3AM/FM Radio
4)Plays 33 1/3, 45 and 78 RPM Records
5)compatible disc: dvd,svcd,cd,mp3,mp4 ,jpeg,pictvre-cd.ect
6) individual remote control
7) Adjustable Tone Control Programmable 20-track Memory
9)Repeat Play
10)CE,CB,UL Listed
11)multi audio decoding:dolby ac-3 mpeg,pcm,hdcd etc
12)multi video output: composite video.s-chromatic aberration etc
13) one year limited Warranty

By: Jodie

Jodie — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:09:42 +0000

Ok… I went on a mission to find another kit in this series. It is an AWESOME star projector. I was content with puting it together and using it face value until I saw the magazine that came with it. It obviously offers many more options, ideas, etc and looks too cool to set aside. The big issue… I don’t read Japanese. I am feverishly hunting for someone or some group that has translated the thing. I know there are anime groups that do that sort of thing. Any help would be greatly apreciated.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 02:54:17 +0000

hi.. can i find out if this kit allows you to play commercial CDs?
or only plays whatever you have recorded using this kit? this kit is like so cool!

By: Aaron Phillips

Aaron Phillips — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 11:40:40 +0000

hello everyone, i received a package yesterday from a collegue at gakken. enclosed was the new 2005 edison phonograph kit. beautiful execution of the record/playback mechanism and the sound quality is very very nice compared to the previous version. i think everyone will be pleased with this new offering.

By: peter

peter — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 15:58:25 +0000

I had a great time putting mine together. While I agree that the sound is quiet and distorted, this is true for most of the earliest recording devices, as well. See:
http://www.nps.gov/edis/edisonia/very_early.htm

I’d love to hear from anyone who has been brave enough to tinker with theirs in search of better sound. The paper cup/styrofoam horn assembly, in particular, seems ripe for replacement. Perhaps someone with better skills than mine has tried a different diaphragm, or found a way to support a longer horn without throwing the weight and balance completely out of kilter.

By: robert

robert — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:32:09 +0000

I built the Edison three weeks ago: easy to put together, sounds OK. They have translated instructions in English for the kit.

I purchased it on ebay and this guy seems to get all the Gakken kits at a good price (mathmonk909@yahoo.com Ebay name:thesocialite909).

By: john

john — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 06:15:58 +0000

Greetings Everyone,
I just completed assembly of the Berliner model and I too was a wee bit disappointed with the results. I was unable to understand what i’d spoken while recording.
I also noticed that even in playing mode the needle will still leave a groove in its path which makes me think that I may be cutting the groove which I’m trying to listen too. However, I don’t know how to reduce the weight anymore than I already have by flipping 1 of the 2 weights to the back.

The movie here makes me think that I could be experiencing better results.

If anyone has any tips let me know!

Best,
john

By: scott evans

scott evans — Tue, 17 May 2005 09:25:19 +0000

I just built one of these and was a little disappointed at the sound. I mean, I didn’t expect much, but it’s *extremely* quiet — hard to hear over the motor noise — and really, really warbly. Did yours sound similar or does mine need some more tweaking?

By: jackie filurgy

jackie filurgy — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 21:18:07 +0000

both of these kits are great! theyre available to U.S. customers at a great price on this site http://thekarakuricorner.com

By: ohbananadrink

ohbananadrink — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 02:23:49 +0000

hey, i don’t know too much about this stuff, but it’s seriously blowing my mind right now.
With the japanese Gramophone, can you listen to those recordings on a regular turntable?

By: lortab

lortab — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 06:15:19 +0000

By: duus

duus — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 15:18:27 +0000

nice!

By: popeye cahn

popeye cahn — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 23:12:27 +0000

“Oh hottest of damns!” gotta steal that one! But first I gotta git that kit. Thanks for the info.

By: dave

dave — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 05:25:33 +0000

http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?GAK366431 also lists the edison cylinder