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What kind of turntable is this?
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:09 pm
by JohnM
Is this a humpback Victrola?
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Maybe a 'Chaney'?
Re: What kind of turntable is this?
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:00 pm
by WDC
Hmm... likely used for live performances only.
Not suitable for archival purposes. Is there pitch control?
Re: What kind of turntable is this?
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:49 pm
by Henry
A humpbacked Victrola indeed! ROTFLMAO.
Years ago almost every town of any size with a railroad had a turntable. They played locomotives at about 1.5 rpm.
Re: What kind of turntable is this?
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:01 pm
by OrthoFan
JohnM wrote:Maybe a 'Chaney'?
No, that would be a Cagney --
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050681/.
This was a Chaney:
Re: What kind of turntable is this?
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 4:44 pm
by JohnM
Maybe she's oiling the turntable with inferior lubricant!
Re: What kind of turntable is this?
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:36 pm
by Brad
JohnM wrote:Is this a humpback Victrola?
man_of_a_thousand_faces_hunchback.jpg
Before mainsprings, the industry experimented with the pull start, however, they quickly found that this method was only good for very short records and lead to many rotator cuff injuries.
Re: What kind of turntable is this?
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:38 pm
by JohnM
Re: What kind of turntable is this?
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:50 pm
by AllWoundUp
Given the way he's attached to it, I'd say it's a Chain-ey!
Re: What kind of turntable is this?
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 7:45 pm
by JohnM
No, that Cheney would be holding the whip!
Re: What kind of turntable is this?
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 8:08 pm
by Brad
VictrolaGuy - Walt wrote:Could it be this Cheney?
TheCheney.png
I don't know Walt, but that sure looks like a Giant edison gothic in the background with a woman standing in the horn openning waving to the camera. Now where and what is that confounded bridge?
