[78-L] The 1941 RCA player: it plays both sides Magic Brain

[Bertrand CHAUMELLE]

You said it, it's shocking to see in operation, and there's only one 
record, not a stack.

I've read elsewhere than the knife-blade was also...murderous to 78s of 
the time.

The Capehart (which came earlier ?) is much better, I guess.

BC

Le 18 déc. 08, à 23:06, Michael Biel a écrit :

> A lot of parts were shared with RCA's regular changer, such as the
> knife-blade supports and the slide-in replaceable crystal cartridge 
> with
> a semi-permanent sapphire stylus.  The question about how the record 
> was
> clamped is answered by saying it isn't!  There is only a label-sized
> turntable.  It relies on the weight of the record to keep it on that
> tiny turntable.
>
> You can see it in operation at
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHIAa_J0Rqc
>
> It is rather shocking to see it drop the record.  It would have made
> more sense for the turntable to go up to the record like in a Wurlitzer
> jukebox, but this guy says it won't break records during the drop.
>