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Automatic Gramophone and the Like, 1937 ›

This invention relates to gramophones wherein records are automatically fed one at a time from a stack onto a turntable where, after being played, on on side or on both sides they are automatically rejected into a discard magazine.

Silly ancestor. Whilst automatic vinyl feeding and rejection mechanisms are clever and all that, two turntables and a crossfader is far more fun.

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Today (May 20th) is the 160th anniversary of the birth of Emile Berliner, inventor of the flat disk record and gramophone. zoom

Today (May 20th) is the 160th anniversary of the birth of Emile Berliner, inventor of the flat disk record and gramophone.

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oh-insanity: Y todas las noches bajo la vía láctea parecen eternas si tu no estas… Anyone have any LEGO astronauts they no longer need? I need to try a new way of weight-balancing my Technics headshells.

oh-insanity:

Y todas las noches bajo la vía láctea parecen eternas si tu no estas…

Anyone have any LEGO astronauts they no longer need?

I need to try a new way of weight-balancing my Technics headshells.

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Trivia: due to voltage and gearing differences, 78s play slightly faster in America (3600 rpm motor at 60Hz reduced by 46:1 gearing = 78.26 rpm) than in 50Hz countries (3000 rpm motor reduced by 77:2 = 77.92 rpm). PS: I don’t suppose anyone in/near London, UK has a spare 78 record player? I’m liberating some antique discs and would love to spin them around once or twice or seventy eight or more times. zoom

Trivia: due to voltage and gearing differences, 78s play slightly faster in America (3600 rpm motor at 60Hz reduced by 46:1 gearing = 78.26 rpm) than in 50Hz countries (3000 rpm motor reduced by 77:2 = 77.92 rpm).

PS: I don’t suppose anyone in/near London, UK has a spare 78 record player? I’m liberating some antique discs and would love to spin them around once or twice or seventy eight or more times.