As a kid(aged about 10) I had the battery-powered version, run off 2 c-cells located under the platter. The only control was Off - On - Fast. at "On" the turntable spun at roughly 45rpm and at "fast" roughly 78rpm. Though it ran at 45rpm, there's no way you'd even think to put on that old beat-up copy of Rock Around The Clock on such as this. The discs we got were British-made "Kidditunes" label records that sometimes carried a performer credit but mostly didn't(protecting the dignity of the performer by keeping him/her/them anonymous). A friend of mine's bother had the wind-up spring-motored version, like on this video, usually one winding-up of the motor was good to play two "sides" before you had to give it a fresh wind-up.
That toy looks brutal even by early 1960s standards. This has to be a reissued toy from around the 1930s that they did not bother to update to a more modern (1960s) design. Even if the case style was the same, I would expect the winder to be permanently fixed to the player, and the case to be mostly made out of plastic instead of tin in a 60s toy. The crude 'sardine can opener' winder, having to place it through the turntable to wind up the toy, and everything else about this toy just screams of it being from a much earlier era.
I love these phonographs! The needle should replaced after several songs have played to prevent ruining the record grooves! This will help make the records last longer.
These were made in Britain by the Lumar company with slightly larger diameter records carrying the Kidditunes label. They played at a nominal 78rpm. There was also a battery-powered version that used a small electric motor powered by 2 C-cells giving 3 volts. It was the battery-powered version I had as a kid. I'll edit this comment with a link to the video of one I just now saw, uploaded by Timothycan.Here's the link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-H1uuGfAcmB0.html
Marx made an electric one that looks just like this one only a little bigger in the 30s. The reproducer was acoustic, but it had an electric motor. There is really no way to make a wind up motor quiet enough without using quality that just will not work economically for a toy.
That's crazy what if a child accidentally poked themselves with it I don't think none of them that much understood that a parent might need to help their child with that cuz needles can hurt😬
Cela apprenait aux enfants à faire attention, quand j'étais petit, il y avait un phonographe chez mon grand-père, et le reproducteur était resté en l'air, je suis passé en courant et l'aiguille s'est plantée au milieu de ma main, je peux vous dire qu'après je faisais attention 😂
@@gaetanperry d'accord merci de m'avoir dit que je suis un personnel aveugle et que j'ai très peur des aiguilles même si j'ai une boîte pleine de milliers de disques je n'oserais pas le mettre au tableau à moins d'avoir un parent aidez-moi parce que je suis malvoyant merci de m'avoir raconté votre histoire mais la mienne est différente juste parce que j'ai peur pour les autres parce que vous ne savez jamais que le jouet pourrait être aussi vieux dans la rouille pourrait vraiment vous en faire si vous deviez accidentellement frappez votre main j'ai peur des aiguilles et des miroirs donc je donnais juste un avertissement à tout le monde parce que ce jouet pourrait vraiment avoir besoin de parents impliqués
Tried playing a 45rpm on my battery-powered version once. Tracking is absolutely woeful. Big thick needle will rip the crap out of the microgroove and wreck the disc. Not worth trying.
@Bjoern: DEFINITELY NOT!!!!! The 45 will fit on the player but the big, thick needle will rip the shite out of the microgroove on the record! Don't even play your old well-worn 45s on it.... It just ain't worth it!
