[Doug Houston]

Almost forgot about it, but I've had an interesting phonograph attachment in the collection for a few years. It has the conventional turntable, but the pickup head is on a sliding rod in the lid of the case. When the lid is opened, it slides down to the start position for playing. Close the lid and the pickup contacts the record and plays it. The travel of the pickup across the record is purely linear, so there is no tracking error. I remember seeing something on this in an article somewhere, but I can't find a model number on it, so I've turned to Ron R. and quizzed him about it.

In playing a record, you have to play the disc from the beginning. You can't cue in along the playing surface. If you lift the lid, you start over again. It might be correct to say that it's TOO automatic! There also is no provision for playing a 12 inch record.