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

[David Lennick]

Hmm..wonder if it can be retrained to throw shoes?  "Mr. Bush, we'd like you to 
have this lovely going away present, which will give untold hours of 
entertainment (to the press corps)."

dl

simmonssomer wrote:
> The Capehart was better but only if you had goood reflexes and learned how 
> to duck.
> 
> Al S.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bertrand CHAUMELLE" <chaumelle at orange.fr>
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> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 1:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] The 1941 RCA player: it plays both sides Magic Brain
> 
> 
> 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.
>>
>