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I know Victor Type E has a 7 inch turntable. What happens when you play a 10inch or even a 12 inch record on it?

A 10" record will play fine. Machines with 7" turntables don't have large enough springs to play a 12" record, however.

Will it warp the record?

No, not at all. I play 10" discs on my Victor R quite a bit.

i've seen a european zonophone machine with 7'' platter play a 12 inch record but it might have been a double spring machine dough??

tino

I thought the E has a double spring?

Many of the machines with small turntables were sold with a record hold down. If the spindle on your machine is threaded, it should have a record hold down. Either way, it should be fine to play a record that's bigger than the turntable. Jerry

I should have said most machines with a 7" turntable aren't powerful enough. There may be some models with larger motors but I'm not sure off hand.

71769 wrote:I thought the E has a double spring?

Yes, it is. You can play a 12" on the table. As Jerry mentioned....it also has a record clamp.

Here is an “original” solution to playing 10”, 12”, and even 14” Victor records on your early Victor Type “C” or Type “E” seven inch turn table. The solution is a crank which has a 4 ½” longer shaft, which allows even a single spring “C” to play a huge record. All you had to do is to rewind the spring when you were about half way through. I purchased this early ERJ “C” last year from Kent Schoneman, and he believed that this accessory crank had been with this machine since “day one”.

Cheers, Bob S.