[78-L] ancient phonograph , was Re: Warner "Big Band" set - Go watch it! <vbg>

[David Lennick]

Downtown Toronto was 25 cycle till..don't know when it converted. We moved into 
the suburbs (North York) in 1954 and every record player and tape recorder had 
to go over to "Moe" to be converted..a couple of machines never did come back. 
This ancient radio went into the basement and hadn't been used to play records 
since before 1950 anyway. I guess there's only one way to find out! Stand back..

dl

Royal Pemberton wrote:
> Does your RE 45 have the induction disc motor like Radiola Guy's has?  If
> so, I don't think it would come to harm running it on 60 Hz, as opposed to
> if it has the 'universal' motor some other electric Victors employed.  I'd
> think the induction disc motor by way of its design the only one that could
> be run on any frequency above 25 and be OK.  (The ones intended for higher
> frequencies would have smaller coils, etc.)
> 
> I have one of the induction disc motors too; it was specified for 40-60
> cycle operation and it's never given me trouble.
> 
> My dad's hometown, Keokuk, Iowa, was 25 cycle until 1948.  I well remember
> the times I'd stay at my grandparents' house during the summers when I was
> growing up (I'm 45 now....this was between the late 1960s and the
> mid-1970s), and seeing some radios they had that had '25 CYCLE' stamped on
> the chasses.  They'd had them since the 1930s and still played one of them
> on occasion, and I remember it always working.  They'd explained about this
> and when everything else they had that was motorised had to have the motors
> replaced (if they didn't see fit to replace the motorised items outright
> with new ones).
> 
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:56 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:
> 
>> Hey, I have a Victrola (actually a Victor Radio with Electrola) in the
>> front
>> hallway! Mainly because it weighs a ton and hasn't worked since the early
>> 50s,
>> so if I ever find someone who can work on it (and replace the motor, which
>> is
>> 25 cycle) it won't have to be moved very far. It's an RE 45.
>> http://www.radiolaguy.com/Showcase/RCA%20RE-45.htm
>> Not in quite as good shape as this one.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Mark S. Chester wrote:
>>> Is that one of those things designed to enable you to play Ipod tunes
>> over
>>> your car radio? Doesn't that have a mini phono plug to plug into the Ipod
>>> audio out jack? (I have no idea since I have neither an FM transmitter
>> nor
>>> an Ipod.) In that case, wouldn't it work with any other device that has
>> such
>>> an output jack? That's handy to know, since many of us may have radios in
>>> more parts of our house than other types of audio devices (of course, I
>> have
>>> at least one Victrola in just about every room but the kitchen and
>> bath...)
>>> Mark S. Chester
>>> Phoenixville, PA
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>>> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Ron L'Herault
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 10:14 AM
>>> To: '78-L Mail List'
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Warner "Big Band" set - Go watch it! <vbg>
>>>
>>> I can't help with the TV but you can put the audio out of your computer
>> into
>>> a small FM transmitter and send it to all the radios in your house.   I
>> do
>>> it routinely to listen to Rich Conaty's Big Broadcast show on WFUV.org
>>> Sunday nights at 8:00 PM Eastern time. (plug).
>>>
>>> Ron
>>>
>>>
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