Phonograph - What's with the chrome things?

michaeljhsda2
michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,186
edited October 2009 in Electronics
Pic is from a 1940's Magnavox console. 1st generation multiplayer?
SDA SRS 2.3TL's
Silk Audio MS-90-BT integrated tube amp
Yaqin MS-20L integrated tube amp
SDA 2B TL's
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  • Bubinga99
    Bubinga99 Posts: 283
    edited October 2009
    Just a guess but it looks like the silver things probably are connected through a belt system and they rotate to separate the lowest record in the stack so it can be dropped independently,while still holding the rest of the stack of records up.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,895
    edited October 2009
    There's a "pusher arm" on each of the 3 larger metal pieces. They're just wide enough to push on the lowest record in the stack.

    Pretty cool. The head of the tone arm is wide to allow the user to stack plenty of pennies for good tracking, too. :)
    Sal Palooza
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,049
    edited October 2009
    That's made to stack 78s :-)
    I probably wouldn't recommend stacking shellac discs, though...
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