[78-L] records for the blind

Michael Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
Mon Jan 23 19:20:03 PST 2012


From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> I still have a couple of English 24RPMs around here somewhere..that was the 
> lowest speed that could be accommodated on a machine that had to be cranked, 
> since many of the recipients would not have had electricity at that time.  dl

The machine I have from the 30s that will play these has a beautiful
chrome plated Thorens spring motor.  The tone arm has a magnetic pick-up
that will drive old fashioned headphones that were plugged in with
phone-tips.  No amp, no need to plug in. 

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  



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