I played 45's on victrolas as a kid, too, but this phonograph is running at exactly 45rpm (a quick comparison to a modern cd issue of "Love Me Tender" will show this). That's the part I was bewildered by. Was there ever any kind of mod available (as horrible an idea as it would've been) that made wind-up phonographs play at 45rpm? Man I hope not, but I could certainly see some company 'inventing' a conversion kit with claims of identical fidelity to electric etc., etc., and taking the money and running.
----- Original Message ----- From: "estott" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 5:12 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] uh, wow... > Playing a 45 on a victorola isn't that hard, it helps that they often > presed them in a very hard plastic. The greatest chance for the needle to > rip out the groove is at the beginning- if you can get past that point the > needle seems to ride pretty well, I recall that I had to do a lot of > experimenting with needle grades. Now, if you're all agast, I was doing > this back in grade school. As a kid I even played 33's with a > counterweight systen on the soundbox. > > Eric Stott > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Wright" <[email protected]> > To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 1:54 AM > Subject: [Phono-L] uh, wow... > > >> Can someone tell me how this can be possible? >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twgw-MReQaI >> >> Judging by the sound changing as the camcorder gets closer to and farther >> from the horn, and the amateurish vibe of the clip, it doesn't seem to be >> any kind of hoax. (Also notice the shredding of the poor record when he >> gets close enough to see it.) > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ > > Support Phono-L > http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank >
