PULL-STRING phonograph

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blacknwhite
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PULL-STRING phonograph

Post: # 11802Unread post blacknwhite
Tue Dec 14, 2010 7:38 pm

PULL-STRING phonograph, that does more than just "The Cow Says, Moooo..." Image

Crazy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_4Tfpn02Hk
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Post: # 11803Unread post cymbalism
Tue Dec 14, 2010 8:30 pm

Someone needs to fashion one of these for normal records.
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Post: # 12660Unread post piaptk
Mon Feb 07, 2011 2:10 am

Whoa.. I'm about 70% sure I saw one of these today at a junk store in a little hick town about half an hour from here.. I remember being confused about the box looking so modern and the it still having the gramaphone arm (this one didn't have the needle/speaker head thing) and not having any real knobs. But, I wasn't looking at anything close. I'll have to go back out there sometime and check.

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Post: # 12746Unread post Angus McCarthy
Sun Feb 13, 2011 6:17 pm

That... makes so much sense, actually. It's a much more efficient way to wind the mainspring than a crank. Also it keeps you from knocking your knuckles against the table.

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