Wow! That's an impressive machine and a top restoration job! I'm a radio DJ and only use 45s on my 50s / 60s radio show. I use an old DUAL record changer to listen to preview my records at home but it only hold 10 to 12 records...this machine would be perfect to enjoy hours of music on 45 without having to change the records. The concept reminds me of early german NSM Fanfare Jukeboxes made in the 50s.
Wow! What an incredible record changer! Can you imagine designing and syncopating the working parts on such a machine? I can't! You did a remarkable job cleaning it up and restoring it like new. Congrats on a job well done! It's simply gorgeous!
that is completely fascinating. Even I have never seen anything like that before. Thank you. OMG - what a precise painstaking but wonderful restoration.
NICE JOB! I can't even imagine how many hours you spent on that. Full of parts that don't exist anywhere, anymore. Must have been a bit nerve-wracking at times.
This looks as if it would be more at home inside of a jukebox or somethin'. However, this would be great to have, especially for those double-sided hit records. Very interesting looking and great sound. Great job in restoring it!!!
@@Dan-TechAndMusic Actually Seeburg made a system designed exclusively for background music. Known as the Seeburg 1000. It runs proprietary 16 2/3 RPM records with 2 inch diameter centre holes. You should be able to find info on the system on the internet.
OK, what shocked me was that the upside down player is spinning the the opposite direction of the plate on the bottom. It makes sense, but is is amazing to have reverse spinning things on the same hub and both work well!
What does maintain the tracking when playing the bottom sides ? i remember 'till 50 years ago some Wurlitzer sound machines where the records stays at a carroussel magazine in vertical position and played the records at vertical too...
Amazing! I had never seen anything like this before. I have the Seeburg Background Music System that seems very similar to this but only plays special 9" records that are hard to find.
I wonder if anyone built something similar for 12" 33s. That could provide hours of music, but it would be a challenge playing both sides of a record with a small hole, with no easy way to hold the "upper" records in place.
Hey there wow such a great machine this is amazing how both sides are played . and it is so precise and accurate . Great job restoring this marvel . can you please tell me the artist doing handbone thank you very much and keep the great videos and vintage gear coming
Mi nombre es Raul Cobas y me identifico desde todo punto de vista con la era analógica y soy apasionado al rescate y devolución de la vitalidad de todo equipo de válvulas electrónicas. "El oído humano es analógico".
Maravillosa esa maquina,es increíble que sirva la aguja por ambos lados del brazo guía wooo,y pensar que lo botaron y el lo recupero, increíble me dejó sin palabras,me fascina ese equipo pues nada felicidades por ese gran lo logro. 😎💯🤙
Yup, similar concept. This machine had the benefit of playing commercially available 45s, and the 4-6 track 45 EP was big in the 1950s. The Seeburg machine plays (I think) 9" records at 16 RPM and plays much longer, but the music was all cheezed-out re-recordings.
Looking at how this works, I’d think it’s the inspiration for the seeburg background music player, as it works the exact same way. The only difference is that the records it plays aren’t 45s.
Oh hello, indeed! So in fact, it doesn't change directions, the top always spins counter clockwise and the bottom always clockwise. That's fairly clever and also hilarious.
Yup. It has to in order to play the bottom side of the record. I had an old Seeburg jukebox that would reverse the player direction to play the 'B' side of records.
Interesting - another singles record batch player that plays both sides without “flipping” them; I have seen a variant of it in a TH-cam video [Marcal playmaster] where it had 3 idler-wheels which “swung” under the record stack with the tone arm > the player would drop the 1st record onto the “wheels” then the wheels would lower the record onto the “top” tone-arm stylus and make contact with the platter turning the record anti-clockwise > when the tone-arm had reached the centre of the record, the tone-arm would lift and swing out and the wheels would also swing out “dropping” the record onto the platter and the tone-arm would place itself/its bottom stylus on the record edge and play the top side clockwise, this sequence would repeat until all the records had been played and it would stop; requiring the user to pull the stack up to repeat them/remove the records for another lot. More so that the player in this video can grip the record stack and play the underside of the 1st record [without the idler-wheels of the one that I have described] but the spindle and platter still turn in 2 different directions (as if it had the wheels) I guess 1 cartridge was made for it and similar players that [only] had the top stylus pointing to the right & the bottom to the left, I would have thought for that design both stylises would be pointing to the left & the platter and spindle “locked” and turning clockwise 🤨. And that it has that c-arm that lifts the record stack onto the spindle to repeat them itself
Amazing restoration! Did the original cartridge still work or did you have to track down a new one? Also, can choose between playing only the A-sides versus playing both sides?
Hello love this vintage gear it was built much better then today's audio gear . can you please tell me who the artist of hambone is at 1 minute and 28 seconds thank you and keep the great vintage gear videos coming they are great
adam pagan Thanks. That 45 must be scarce as I saw only one copy of it on Ebay, but I hope I'll be able to track a copy of that version of "Hambone" down when my jukebox gets delivered in three weeks.
Very reminiscent of Seeburg Background Music System. Congrats, fantastic restoration
That is truly an amazing restoration of that record changer. It looks old fashioned but modern at the same time. Great job!
Wow! That's an impressive machine and a top restoration job! I'm a radio DJ and only use 45s on my 50s / 60s radio show. I use an old DUAL record changer to listen to preview my records at home but it only hold 10 to 12 records...this machine would be perfect to enjoy hours of music on 45 without having to change the records. The concept reminds me of early german NSM Fanfare Jukeboxes made in the 50s.
I'm incredibly impressed, Sir, with your technical expertise. You're clearly a wizard.
Wow! What an incredible record changer! Can you imagine designing and syncopating the working parts on such a machine? I can't! You did a remarkable job cleaning it up and restoring it like new. Congrats on a job well done! It's simply gorgeous!
Wow. That's amazing and fascinating. I had never seen a record being played with the needle below it.
Damn what a clever device!!
that is completely fascinating. Even I have never seen anything like that before. Thank you. OMG - what a precise painstaking but wonderful restoration.
Such a pleasure to watch, mesmerizing.
The best record player video I have seen in a long time.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT!!!! Thanks for sharing this magnificent machine!
Great work on your restoration of the Ristaucrat M-400!!
That's just a work of art. Thank you for restoring that!!!
The most amazing 45 rpm player I have ever seen !!
Wow what a amazing beautiful peace of enginewity and nice job rebilding her
so glad you saved this, I don't think anyone could have done better
Very nice... always discovering new toys like this one... great job on the restoration!
What can I say. Your videograpy is superb, too.
That's amazing how it plays both sides!
what a great dumpster find. glad you saved it. nice machine
NICE JOB! I can't even imagine how many hours you spent on that. Full of parts that don't exist anywhere, anymore. Must have been a bit nerve-wracking at times.
Top job matey, put a smile on my face.
I like the precision look of the mechanism.
Oh WOW WOW WOW what an awesome thing love it and what a great job you have done
Thanks. The original cartridge is there. The machine doesn't allow you to pick sides.
Freaking insane. I love that! I will be on the lookout for one of these as raw material.
That is the coolest record player I've ever seen...
This looks as if it would be more at home inside of a jukebox or somethin'. However, this would be great to have, especially for those double-sided hit records. Very interesting looking and great sound. Great job in restoring it!!!
@@Dan-TechAndMusic Actually Seeburg made a system designed exclusively for background music. Known as the Seeburg 1000. It runs proprietary 16 2/3 RPM records with 2 inch diameter centre holes. You should be able to find info on the system on the internet.
OK, what shocked me was that the upside down player is spinning the the opposite direction of the plate on the bottom. It makes sense, but is is amazing to have reverse spinning things on the same hub and both work well!
Amazing!!!! CongRATULATIONS a very masterpiece!
That’s a wonderful restoration. It must have taken a bit of time to get the stylus pressure right for playing the record upside down. Very clever
What does maintain the tracking when playing the bottom sides ? i remember 'till 50 years ago some Wurlitzer sound machines where the records stays at a carroussel magazine in vertical position and played the records at vertical too...
Amazing! I had never seen anything like this before. I have the Seeburg Background Music System that seems very similar to this but only plays special 9" records that are hard to find.
Thanks for the video very interesting, i bet its worth a small fortune now
You did a real great work as it needs a real talent 👍
What was the first song played on the machine
what's the name of the record first played on the machine?
Well, that's pretty amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Who did that version of "The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea" ?
The Billy Williams Quartette
A work of art.
What is the version of this song at 3:43
Awesome machine and job done sir :)
Amazing restoration!!
This unit can be a good background music system, especially when you use records, where both sides contains different artists.
Amazing phonograph......Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful!!! Fantastic job!!
I wonder if anyone built something similar for 12" 33s. That could provide hours of music, but it would be a challenge playing both sides of a record with a small hole, with no easy way to hold the "upper" records in place.
Interesting!! Only problem is that the needle has to have pressure on it to play the under sides and that'll wear the records out faster.
Probably no more than it would be to play the A-side.
circlesky73 I don't know, I'd think the needle playing the a-side would mostly just float, if you know what I mean.
Not really 'float', there's still pressure on it to force the stylus into the groove.
wow I would love one of these machines.
WOW, I love it, wish that I got one like it
Hey there wow such a great machine this is amazing how both sides are played . and it is so precise and accurate . Great job restoring this marvel . can you please tell me the artist doing handbone thank you very much and keep the great videos and vintage gear coming
Wow. Found that!!?? Must be up North. Id never find that down here in the South
Amazing sound! You did an awesome job.
what gives that great sound
Mi nombre es Raul Cobas y me identifico desde todo punto de vista con la era analógica y soy apasionado al rescate y devolución de la vitalidad de todo equipo de válvulas electrónicas.
"El oído humano es analógico".
Maravillosa esa maquina,es increíble que sirva la aguja por ambos lados del brazo guía wooo,y pensar que lo botaron y el lo recupero, increíble me dejó sin palabras,me fascina ese equipo pues nada felicidades por ese gran lo logro. 😎💯🤙
diabolico! veramente fantastico almeno per la complessità.
The Seeburg BMC looks amazingly similar.
Yup, similar concept. This machine had the benefit of playing commercially available 45s, and the 4-6 track 45 EP was big in the 1950s. The Seeburg machine plays (I think) 9" records at 16 RPM and plays much longer, but the music was all cheezed-out re-recordings.
How did you find a dual sided cartridge?
Or did you mount two cartridges back to back?
Thats fantastic
beautiful, but imagine working in the store where those songs would play every hour fifteen or so!
Looks fantastic!
I've never seen anything like that before.
This company was better at mechanics than they were at Electronics
I think, in the arm isn't enough space for two Pickering pickups with built in brush.
Looking at how this works, I’d think it’s the inspiration for the seeburg background music player, as it works the exact same way. The only difference is that the records it plays aren’t 45s.
Is the music we are hearing coming from this player?
What kind of head was mounted on the arm after the restoration?
We call that a "cartridge." Looks like two of them, simple mono crystal jobbies.
AMAZING JOB !
That is amazing!
Similar to the Seeburg 1000 background music player.
Oh hello, indeed! So in fact, it doesn't change directions, the top always spins counter clockwise and the bottom always clockwise. That's fairly clever and also hilarious.
That is beautiful.
Great to see
Wish I had one of those.
does it stereo ore mono playback only?.
Beautiful
magnifique, toutes mes félicitations, j aime beaucoup, un belle appareil :-)
is the top stack Going backwards?
Yup. It has to in order to play the bottom side of the record. I had an old Seeburg jukebox that would reverse the player direction to play the 'B' side of records.
I have never seen a record changer like this.
very interesting, dfw, thanks for posting.
Interesting - another singles record batch player that plays both sides without “flipping” them; I have seen a variant of it in a TH-cam video [Marcal playmaster] where it had 3 idler-wheels which “swung” under the record stack with the tone arm > the player would drop the 1st record onto the “wheels” then the wheels would lower the record onto the “top” tone-arm stylus and make contact with the platter turning the record anti-clockwise > when the tone-arm had reached the centre of the record, the tone-arm would lift and swing out and the wheels would also swing out “dropping” the record onto the platter and the tone-arm would place itself/its bottom stylus on the record edge and play the top side clockwise, this sequence would repeat until all the records had been played and it would stop; requiring the user to pull the stack up to repeat them/remove the records for another lot. More so that the player in this video can grip the record stack and play the underside of the 1st record [without the idler-wheels of the one that I have described] but the spindle and platter still turn in 2 different directions (as if it had the wheels) I guess 1 cartridge was made for it and similar players that [only] had the top stylus pointing to the right & the bottom to the left, I would have thought for that design both stylises would be pointing to the left & the platter and spindle “locked” and turning clockwise 🤨. And that it has that c-arm that lifts the record stack onto the spindle to repeat them itself
I want one of these....
Amazing restoration! Did the original cartridge still work or did you have to track down a new one? Also, can choose between playing only the A-sides versus playing both sides?
Personal stereos were BIG in the past X)
Hello love this vintage gear it was built much better then today's audio gear . can you please tell me who the artist of hambone is at 1 minute and 28 seconds thank you and keep the great vintage gear videos coming they are great
Who sang that version of "Hambone?"
I'd like to get a copy of it for my new jukebox.
Jo stafford and Frankie Laine
adam pagan
Thanks.
That 45 must be scarce as I saw only one copy of it on Ebay, but I hope I'll be able to track a copy of that version of "Hambone" down when my jukebox gets delivered in three weeks.
Kramden429 hope you find a copy of it ethier on 45 rpm or 78 rpm Ebay may have it
It'd be a 45. That's the copy I saw on Ebay.
Thanks again.
Great!!!!
Is this a stereo system?
Pretty small platter. I never had a record player with a platter smaller than a 45 rpm. It was, when smaller than 12" between 7 and 8".
que lindo nunca vi igual !
This thing is *amazing*! And it sounds incredible. Did you mod it for a magnetic cartridge, or is that an original ceramic?
+circlesky73 original ceramic cartrige with new styli modded to fit the cartridge.
who would throw such a beautiful machine O_O
nice job neighbor
AWSOME !!!
This is cool
Great machine :)
When you're used to hear Charmaine in the Mantovani version, the version here is pretty different
It plays upside down?
both ways :)
I'm in love.
A brush for cleaning the stylus, but no brush for cleaning disc.
Now, if I had one of those, I might never fire up my CD player ever again!