[78-L] Playback speed (was: no subject)

[Dnjchi at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/15/2008 2:57:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
mbiel at mbiel.com writes:

The  turntable Columbia used for their reissues in that era -- the late
60s and  early 70s -- was a standard idler wheel 16-inch Gates broadcast
turntable  that had no variable speed with the exception of a slight
change that could  be made of the pressure on the idler wheel that could
bring the table back  on speed from a slight variance.  



Mike, I have two of these in my basement, from a defunk AM radio station in  
WV.  I'd like to sell them (they're mounted on wooden boxes), but have no  
idea what they might sell for.  Do you have any feel for this?
 
BTW, did you get to the OTR conference in Newark (?) several years ago when  
David Freedman told of his father's writing humor for Eddie Cantor?  He  
passed away earlier this year.  I had him for Hebrew in Seminary!
 
Don
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