01-09-2020, 11:28 PM
Hi Tracy and Welcome,
I suspect that it's a 78 rpm player only for a couple of reasons if it has the original turntable. 1948 was the 1st yr for 33 1/3 long playing record Philco's model yr starts the previous spring (6-47) so may not gotten any 33 changers till the '49 models. If I'm not mistaken the 78 takes larger needle than the 33 so the cartridge would have two and you would flip the cartridge over depending on which type the record you are playing. If the tone arm doesn't have a little knob on the front of it it's probably a 78 only player.
I suspect that it's a 78 rpm player only for a couple of reasons if it has the original turntable. 1948 was the 1st yr for 33 1/3 long playing record Philco's model yr starts the previous spring (6-47) so may not gotten any 33 changers till the '49 models. If I'm not mistaken the 78 takes larger needle than the 33 so the cartridge would have two and you would flip the cartridge over depending on which type the record you are playing. If the tone arm doesn't have a little knob on the front of it it's probably a 78 only player.
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got it!
Terry
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