#record console

[thriftsifter]

Probably the best thrifting find Ive ever made, a Voice of Music Record Player Console Model 1804. Everything you see here cost me $6.50. :)

I found it at one of my favorite local thrift stores with a sign that said, 'Broken. Needle won't connect. $10!' So, I grabbed one of the records out of their bins, opened it up, and tried to figure out what was wrong with it.

After some fiddling around, I noticed the center spindle had a mechanism stopping the record from completely falling onto the platter.

I had never seen a Record Changer before, and presumably, neither had the owners of the thrift store. :)

After I knew it wasn't broken, I claimed the tag and brought it up to purchase, just to find out that all furniture is 50% off that day. :)

So, I took it home and started fiddling with the mechanics, watching videos on how to operate a record changer, how the dials worked, etc... (as I only had modern record players at home at the time.)

Then I looked online for information on replacement parts in case I ever needed them for repair, as I really wanted to make this a lifelong investment.

Luckily, there's a wonderful man running a website all about Voice of Music brand record players, and he has a list of every model made by the company! But I couldn't find much information on my model, other than it is listed as 'for Sperry & Hutchinson'.

So, I messaged the owner of the website for information on my model, and this is what he sent back to me.

(Along with a manual for my model and a list of replacemt parts he offers.)

So I have a 1 of 500, sold only by one company, record console that cost 62... books?

Then I started looking in the Sperry & Hutchinson Company and what a 'book' was, exactly. They were a company that partnered with department stores, giving 'green stamps' as a reward when certain dollar amounts were spent in the dept store. You would collect these stamps and redeem them for... just about anything.

I was able to find a single S&H Green Stamps Catalog on the internet archives, unfortunately not the catalog with my record player being advertized, but still a very interesting look. They really offered everything in exchange for these stamps.

Later, I found some of these books for sale at a different antiques store.

The lady that ran the antiques store gave me a 20 min long lesson on how the books worked and how the stamps had different values, like these being 10 dollar stamps. She even had one of the dispensers for the stamps for sale, and she showed me how it worked. :)

Plus, because it was made in 1970, it is compatible with the original 78 sized records! The same shop that sold me the record player also had a bunch of 78s and a sign that said '20 records for $1', so I sifted through and found any titles I knew plus any titles that sounded fun, like this song here 'I Need Attention Bad' by Earnest Tubb. :)

[mylittleredgirl]

i love how starfleet captains narrate their official logs in present tense even though they’re often recording it after the fact. starfleet command and future historians get to have a little immersive experience. as a treat

[howtomusicmajor]

Please Get a Massive Live Soundboard Antique Out of My House

Hello all you musical folks, weird question. Do you or someone you know want a Mackie 32.8 8 Bus Recording/PA Console and associated power supply, with original boxes? Because I have one for opera house rummage sale reasons but it is simply too large for me to set up and also I don't record much anymore, much less something that requires this beast. The beast('s box, I'm not unpacking this thing for pictures unless someone is genuinely interested) and more details are below the cut.

Okay! Here's the box! Please pardon the bits of my spare room that are in the picture.

It was sold to me as still being in working order, just outdated, which, fair. It is a little piece of music history.

I am willing to negotiate the price! It's available elsewhere online without the box for $800, so that's where we'll start, but this is an OBO situation.

So what's the catch? Simple: it's very heavy, so either you need to live within driving distance of the middleish of Wisconsin and be able to come get it, or you need to be willing to pay shipping (I genuinely do not know how expensive that would be but it wouldn't be cheap).

If you are genuinely interested, please reblog this post with the tag "INTERESTED" and whether you'd want to pick it up or ship it and I'll share more details with you individually. I'd appreciate reblogs even if you're not interested so this gets more exposure!

[iguessitme]

I think when speaking about wirdest video game controlers ,ones for Ameprod TVG-10 need to be included. It was a first-generation home video game console produced in Poland in years 1978-1981 by Elwro and it looked like this :

I had a chamce to play on it and the controlers are perfect for Pong i must say

heres a shitty video of me playing :

[parryperi]

I really do love watching the character interactions in this game...

[ave-immaculata]

Thinking about how St. Joseph's words of reassurance and encouragement that Jesus would be returned to their care when they left Him behind at the temple probably came to Mary's mind following His bitter Passion, reminding her to hold onto the hope of His promise.

[metfell]

i love fish smokers and challenge bait so much this is awesome

[robo-dino-puppy]

if you want to see how i got to the field with the tree from aloy's dream, here's a quick video!

[mybraindumpsterfire]

Spooky Week is Coming!

Now I’m curious how Dan and Phil are going to handle spooky week as I am hoping they play some actually spooky games. However, they’ll be touring during spooky week which I’m wondering how they plan to handle that scheduling so I pose the question: have they pre-recorded spooky week when they were at home before coming to North America, they are going to film in hotel rooms/the tour phus, or they do fewer videos that they upload for spooky week to lessen their load. What do you think?

[criticalrolo]

heard that gale is a pathetic sopping wet wizard who Is Going To Fucking Magically Explode and. im buying a ps5 I need him

[blaiddfailcam]

Separate Ways: Chapter 4 – Ramparts, Garden

[talos-stims]

source

[little-red-fool]

This is probably a given but when DS2 comes out y’all aren’t seeing me for two weeks.

[theheadlessgroom]

@beatingheart-bride

"That would be such an honor."

As they left the theater arm in arm, Susannah elaborated a little further on her feelings regarding the idea, saying, "I don't see people wearing my work very often, but when I do, when I see them wearing my hats and bonnets out in town...there's nothing like it. It gives me a-a sorta...a feeling of pride, I guess you'd say. A job well done."

Of course, no one knew the name of the maker of the hat; all who made them were anonymous. Those who shopped and bought from the haberdashery usually just cheerfully told their friends, "Oh, I got it from Mickey's!" giving no thought to the people who really made them. But even so, when Susannah saw her work out in the park, people donning her top hats and sunhats and the like, and to see others compliment her handiwork without knowing it was hers...it put a little smile on her face.

"I know they don't know it's mine, but...it still feels good, knowing they're so happy with it," she smiled softly, cheeks pink as exited back out onto the street. "So to think about people seeing my work on a stage night after night and loving it, admiring it, actually knowing that it's mine? It...it would be nothing short of an honor to me."

[rhythmmortis]

CONSOLE COTND FANS!!!!! ITS ALMOST SYNCHRONY TIME!!! MARCH 13 9:30AM PST!!! CROSS-PLATFORM MULTIPLAYER!!!

[posthumanwanderings]

Metroid Prime Remastered: Attract Mode (Retro Studios / Nintendo - Switch - 2023)