[78-L] 78-L Digest, Vol 27, Issue 31 - Columbia EP numbering System was Wingy On Columbia

[martha]

 I still have my RCAVictor (with "The Golden Throat") 45 changer, bought for $1 at a house sale.  It is VERY fast, indeed! 
Blink & you'd miss the WHACK-WHACK-WHACK change to the next disc.   I think I'll play my MUSIC MAN set, now that you've 
reminded me ...



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Royal Pemberton" <ampex354 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] 78-L Digest, Vol 27, Issue 31 - Columbia EP numbering System was Wingy On Columbia


> The large hole was for the spindle on the RCA changer which had some of the
> changing mechanism within it, that helped it have that very short change
> cycle.
>
> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Ron L'Herault <lherault at bu.edu> wrote:
>
>> I remember reading somewhere that the RCA 45 player was designed with a
>> very
>> quick changer to minimize interruption in long programs and that the large
>> hole meant that music would not be played back from close to the center of
>> the disk where the sound would deteriorate.
>>
>> Ron L
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Robert M.
>> Bratcher
>> Jr.
>> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 9:35 AM
>> To: 78-L Mail List
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] 78-L Digest, Vol 27,Issue 31 - Columbia EP numbering
>> System was Wingy On Columbia
>>
>> Any idea why RCA, Columbia (& perhaps other companies in the 50's) put out
>> classical on 45 rpm sets instead of just doing it on LP's? And yes I have a
>> few
>> 45 rpm classical sets in my collection which I bought used years later
>> after
>>
>> they were released.