[78-L] Pins and holes

[David Lennick]

Michael Biel wrote:
> David Lewis wrote:
>> . . . she made those early vinyl Silvertone 78s, the red plastic records with the extra hole. I'm pretty sure I've run into one of the players designed to play those records; it was frustrating, as you couldn't play other records on them owing to the extra spindle. Anyone know more about this ridiculous technological sidelight?
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> Sears/Silvertone marketed disc cutters in that era, and I have wondered 
> if the hole would have mated with drive pins -- I've never measured 
> them.  

I just checked..perfect match. Why, I wonder? Conserving plastic?
dl

> If that is all that was marketed with an extra pin for the 
> Silvertones, they would all have had retractable pins.  Even the early 
> Zonophones had retractable pins.  The only ones that didn't were the 
> Busy Bees.

> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com