Re: Were all Autochangers Record Grinders?
Nah! You need a 'proper' one.
This is my Garrard RC65A from around 1946. It plays 10" and 12" 78s mixed with a very ingenious selector mechanism that is not immediately apparent until you load the records and watch!
Magnetic head and gentle sloped record spindle. I have played hundreds of records on it, a lot under adverse conditions outside at dusty vintage truck shows.
All the records have survived but a copy of 'The Deadwood Stage' by Doris Day has been played to death but certainly not damaged by the autochanger. [I have more copies so don't worry fans!] Actually it still plays quite well, an excellent Philips recording.
If I slowed the turntable down I wonder if it would play my mint copy of the Sergeant Pepper album I purchased from Holders Music Store in Victoria Road Surbiton in 1967? Regards, John.
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