hey steve,Steve wrote:One correction here, folks.
I have an Automatique Concert Francaise and it will NOT play a 20" Pathé disc through. It's not that the motor can't handle it; the automatique can play 6 Pathé discs through on a single winding, the problem is the timer! Because they are coin operated, they work on the duration of a standard disc and cut off at a preset time, so the motor can play it but the timer won't allow it. I never figured that one out!
are you sure? these play at a higher speed, right, like 100 or 120 rpm? and they run for about 8 minutes, I think? my concert automatique (I believe we have the same or very similar machines) typically runs for eight minutes (to play two sides of a standard disc) before shutting off automatically (at which point you've got to drop another coin in). I have one of these 20 inch discs, but haven't tried playing it yet... I did, however, see one demonstrated on another concert automatique and it got through one whole side of the disc before shutting off. do the timers on these vary? or can they be adjusted?