They are the first of their kind

[Kenny C]

Dan, check your first sentence, serious typo there.

[bingster]

Re. that 1946 record player: how did it manage to feed the record in and get it onto the turntable without scratches?  Was there a movable carriage in there, that dropped the record onto the turntable, or did the turntable rise slightly once the record was in place? 

When you push the record in, it's sliding across the platter.  You push the record all the way back until it hits a stop at the back, inside the machine.  Scratches were avoided by having the platter heavily flocked.  Closing the door does two things:  cause a locating pin to rise from the center of the platter to engage the record's center hole, and lower the tonearm. 

[AE_Collector]

Dan, check your first sentence, serious typo there.

I guess GG, Kenny & Dennis will be the only ones who "caught" the "Serious typo"! Looks like Dennis "fixed" it this morning?

I sort of thought that I was the Official TYPO'ist on the forum?

Terry