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Old 26th Oct 2021, 10:57 pm   #14
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Default Re: Record players. Lid up or down?

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Ertha Kitt on 10” LP’s.
Yes, it was the 10" LP "That bad Eartha" that I decided to play on a wind up gramophone with a heavy sound box and steel needle when I was a kid. I wound the speed control down to approximate 33rpm and the audio did sound ok, but the problem was speed flutter due to the gearing of the motor and it's governor not being able to regulate properly at that speed. I played about half of one side until I decided that the change of shade of the surface of the part that had been played compared to the un-played part was probably spoiling the record. I still have that record to this day and although it still plays on the part played on the gramophone, it is spoiled, unfortunately.
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