#autochanger

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SUPER FANCYGarrard 3000C Stacking Record Changer Pickering V15 HB/AT2C M...

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Dynic Works Assembly Floor, Glasgow c.1931. Sonodyne 50 platter auto-changers in foreground; J.C.W. Transmitter middle right; drawing office to rear. The company is a bit of a mystery. We know that Glasgow businessman, Alfred Dukinfield Jones and his company Jones & Stewart, decided to build a luxury range of radios and radiograms. The flagship product being an auto-changer radiogram for which he filed a US patent in 1930. The plan seems to have been to set up a showroom on Bond Street in London to build up sales and a reputation before exporting to the USA. The business may well have been a victim of the 1929 crash as it looks like it quickly ran into cash flow problems before being wound up in 1931. We still don’t know the location of this factory although we believe that 59 Robertson Street or more possibly an address in Port Dundas are good candidates. 

Much of the research for these images is courtesy of John Holder to whom I am indebted.

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BSR(Sanyo) Autochanger Record Player 

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Back to black: the resurgence of vinyl

Back to black: the resurgence of vinyl

I was given a lovely old Dansette record player for my 30th birthday by my parents.

Unfortunately, I soon realised that the stylus needed replacing (as all of my records, including the new ones I had bought, were skipping terribly), and, having been unsuccessful in my attempt to source a suitable replacement at the time, I have not used this wonderful gift since then.

I did, however, recently…

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