A beautiful and very rare set, Model 702 Auto which cost a staggering 70 guineas new, although if you would sacrifice the impressive Garrard RC1 for the single play unit you would save yourself £10 !.Wonderful Art-Deco styling with the ' theatre ' control panel and beautifully matched walnut veneers - deeply envious !.
Growing up in the 60s, our family had a Garrard record changer. It looked a lot different from this one. My dad built a custom cabinet for it out of wood. I remember we could play 33s, 45s and 78s. That was my first exposure to Spike Jones and His City Slickers--shellac 78s on a Garrard turntable! ❤
Solid and no doubt dependable from when these were designed as part of residential furnishings My own earliest association with recorded music was a wind-up gramophone - also a furniture style design - and remember the frequent changing of the metal needles which came in tins, and were described - as far as I recall - as "soft", "medium" and "loud". The use of wood and metal surely ensured a long life for many of these units in their pre-plastic era....enabling the preservation of some to provide pleasure years on. Thank you for this video.
It's a very complicated thing....with crazy amounts of torque. (As i found out when my finger was in the wrong place!) Unless the record is pretty much perfect and flat, it has great fun crushing them. You can see why the next changer they made had been radically redesigned.
Never found out what kind of steel needles were used to play six records, have my own HMV automatic 1932 radiogram over more than 60 years and still not found the so called longplaying needle, the best result was with some rare 1940's juke-box needles. Do you know something more to help me?
I'm not aware of any manufacturer making these now. I usually hunt on ebay to find some. Colombia and Songster are 2 makes that come up. They usually have a bronze or gold look to the actual needles. Good luck.
A beautiful and very rare set, Model 702 Auto which cost a staggering 70 guineas new, although if you would sacrifice the impressive Garrard RC1 for the single play unit you would save yourself £10 !.Wonderful Art-Deco styling with the ' theatre ' control panel and beautifully matched walnut veneers - deeply envious !.
what a lovely Garrard ... so well built
Growing up in the 60s, our family had a Garrard record changer. It looked a lot different from this one. My dad built a custom cabinet for it out of wood. I remember we could play 33s, 45s and 78s. That was my first exposure to Spike Jones and His City Slickers--shellac 78s on a Garrard turntable! ❤
Solid and no doubt dependable from when these were designed as part of residential furnishings My own
earliest association with recorded music was a wind-up gramophone - also a furniture style design - and
remember the frequent changing of the metal needles which came in tins, and were described - as far as
I recall - as "soft", "medium" and "loud". The use of wood and metal surely ensured a long life for many
of these units in their pre-plastic era....enabling the preservation of some to provide pleasure years on.
Thank you for this video.
Love it!
Pretty elaborate changer setup!
It's a very complicated thing....with crazy amounts of torque. (As i found out when my finger was in the wrong place!) Unless the record is pretty much perfect and flat, it has great fun crushing them. You can see why the next changer they made had been radically redesigned.
i used to own thensame model wish i hadnt got rid of it
Never found out what kind of steel needles were used to play six records, have my own HMV automatic 1932 radiogram over more than 60 years and still not found the so called longplaying needle, the best result was with some rare 1940's juke-box needles. Do you know something more to help me?
I'm not aware of any manufacturer making these now. I usually hunt on ebay to find some.
Colombia and Songster are 2 makes that come up. They usually have a bronze or gold look to the actual needles.
Good luck.
Brilliant. What is the record please?
It's called Dancing Notes on the Brunswick label. It's been a favourite of mine since I was about 13......hence it looks and sounds very well played!
@@vintagetvandwireless Thanks for that. I will have to look out for a copy. Who is playing it?