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

[Michael Biel]

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. 

From: Dnjchi at aol.com

> 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?

I also have a pair of these in the warehouse.  I wonder how many OTR
people would be interested in them as a cheap way to play ETs. They
would really be worth only $100 or less I would suppose.
 
> 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
 
Yes I did, and Fred Berney would have the session on DVD.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com