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I'm sorry dear by The Capitol Jazzmen 1942 played on a 1946 Farnsworth radio record player

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Channel: maynardcat · 2009 · Music

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I'm sorry dear by The capitol Jazzmen from 1942 played on a 1946  art deco styled Farnsworth radio and record player.  Farnsworth was the inventor of television.   This Farnsworth has a very different style of  record changer, with it's unsual angled tonearm,  made only by Farnsowrth.  It plays only 78 10 inch records, and shuts off after the last record, which is an unsual feature for an older 78 changer.  That was a feature that was added to the changers of the 1950's.  I removed the substitute cartridge I had in it and installed a 78 Astatic cartridge that belongs in it.  I found 3 of these cartridges two were new old stock.  Two did not have any output and the one I installed has very low output, but will have to do until I can locate one with close to  normal output.  Most of these type cartridges do fail due to age, but I wanted to keep the unit as original as possible.   The cartridge is steel and built like a tank.  At least it does have a more compliant angled stylus, instead of the old style steel needle .     Farnsworth came up with two variations on the pusher type changer. This model  posted, has a single pusher shelf, a spring loaded notched spindle, and has two sets of extra hooks that hold the record on both sides after the pusher acts, then simultaneously releases the record so it falls flat. This unit also senses  the absence of records for automatic shutoff.  The spindle is spring loaded and pops up without the weight of a record activating the automatic shut off mechanism.  If you watch closely, just a few seconds before it drops the record, the spindle pops up .   History of Farnsworth  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo_T._Farnsworth

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