[78-L] Double turntable turns 60 next week

[Julian Vein]

As long as the listener didn't notice the "join"!

      Julian Vein

On 21/03/12 14:01, David Lennick wrote:
> Less complicated than that, since the device predates microgroove records. Two
> arms meant that you could make a 3 minute sound effects record (such as
> continuous traffic or air raid sirens) last through an entire scene by placing
> the second arm at the start of the disc and fading it up as the first one was
> reaching the end of the side.
>
> dl
>
> On 3/21/2012 9:08 AM, Martin Fisher wrote:
>> What was the purpose of the two arms?  Different cartridges or styli for different groove dimensions or provisions for both lateral and vertical (or mono or stereo) formats?
>>
>> Martin