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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 142381, member: 56"]You have to wind it, and there should be a little toggle somewhere around the turntable to start and stop it. Does it use stainless steel needles?</p><p><br /></p><p>There was one in our family. You couldn't balance the needle on the tip of your finger... the pressure was enough to draw blood. It was my uncle's and when he was young he would lug it down to his canoe for a day on the river. Lots of Paul Whitman records.</p><p><br /></p><p>I once took a more recent record and set it on the turntable to play. It was fascinating watching that needle send up little bow waves of plastic as it carved a track through the groove.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 142381, member: 56"]You have to wind it, and there should be a little toggle somewhere around the turntable to start and stop it. Does it use stainless steel needles? There was one in our family. You couldn't balance the needle on the tip of your finger... the pressure was enough to draw blood. It was my uncle's and when he was young he would lug it down to his canoe for a day on the river. Lots of Paul Whitman records. I once took a more recent record and set it on the turntable to play. It was fascinating watching that needle send up little bow waves of plastic as it carved a track through the groove.[/QUOTE]
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