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Hello, all. I am talking to the seller of this 1941 Special Anniversary RCA Home Recorder/Victrola. With it, I will be able to make electric, laterally-recorded 78s in addition to the 2- and 4-minute cylinders, and acoustic vertical records that I already have the equipment for (Wow, I should form a record company!). It comes with the mic and even a few recording discs which I presume are unused, since they were described as such rather than as records.

Can anybody out there tell me more about this model, if they recognize it? I assume I will have to replace at least a few tubes, but is there anything else I need to look out for?

http://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/atq/5122845992.html

You might not be in the record business yet- If I'm not mistaken these units used special pregrooved discs and a special stylus to emboss the recording into it- no feed mechanism so you can't just put a blank acetate on the turntable. Unused pregrooved discs turn up but I don't know if they can be used.

If you want to cut your own discs I'd suggest getting a Wilcox-Gay or something similar- and they did make some nice radio-phonograph combinations.

See, that's important. I assumed it had a feed screw. I will have to ask about it.

Your research will go easier if they can get you a model number... probably on a paper label inside the cabinet, near the rear.