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"Now it's time to let the music play."
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 6:01 pm
by Tampa Don
Wanted to share this article I read online today about a man in Aleppo, Syria who finds some solace and normalcy in his phonograph. Enjoy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wor ... 012fcca557
Re: "Now it's time to let the music play."
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 6:10 pm
by Retrograde
The reproducer on the wrong side of the spindle is a bit painful, but an interesting story for sure.
Re: "Now it's time to let the music play."
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 2:50 am
by Roaring20s
Tampa Don wrote:Wanted to share this article I read online today about a man in Aleppo, Syria who finds some solace and normalcy in his phonograph. Enjoy
"Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it."
- W. Somerset Maugham
Other's known to him are in ruin. He can at least be comforted by music, in his ruined home, within his ruined homeland. 
James.
PS: I see in the photo, there is a scrap of wood holding the crank in place. The pawl on his VV-50 must not be catching.
Re: "Now it's time to let the music play."
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 12:46 pm
by OrthoFan
Very moving story, but it's hard to believe that a man that age would not know how to correctly play a record. I suspect that a younger person, who had never played a record in his or her life, probably staged the photograph. I say that because I've seen so many YouTube videos shot by "youngsters" (anyone under 35, at my age) showing the tonearm on the left side of the spindle and the angled needle pointing into the spinning groove.
OrthoFan