I just turned down the speed on mine, and it seemed to run preety smoothly.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Wright" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 6:57 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] uh, wow... >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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ > > Support Phono-L > http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank >
