Most of the late '50s Telefunken changers seemed to be based on this design; they were built in Europe from VM parts. RCA's "Orthophnic" series also looks similar; I heard that they licensed or bought VM's designs.
The reason it did not trip when you started the motor with the needle on the record is that you started it in manual mode. When it shuts off, the trip link is disengaged from the tone arm finger post. It will not trip after a record plays unless it first makes one change cycle with the overarm UP. All VM's were designed that way. Later models had a mechanism to park the tonearm on the rest post if the overarm was moved all the way up and out and the changer cycled.
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lrd9999 7 months ago
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Most of the late '50s Telefunken changers seemed to be based on this design; they were built in Europe from VM parts. RCA's "Orthophnic" series also looks similar; I heard that they licensed or bought VM's designs.
lrd9999 7 months ago
That is a VM Tri-O-Matic 950.
The reason it did not trip when you started the motor with the needle on the record is that you started it in manual mode. When it shuts off, the trip link is disengaged from the tone arm finger post. It will not trip after a record plays unless it first makes one change cycle with the overarm UP. All VM's were designed that way. Later models had a mechanism to park the tonearm on the rest post if the overarm was moved all the way up and out and the changer cycled.
myxklptk 1 year ago
@myxklptk i got it put in a sears radio, 8trk, cassette console now. it still works great.
thereelmaster 1 year ago
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myxklptk 1 year ago
i think that's a flip type of needle lift up the tone arm to see if it's a filp needle your 45's sound great
sopaman1234 1 year ago
you have to get yourself a record needle that also plays your 78 rpm records
that's why your getting a destorted sound on that 78 rpm record playing
sopaman1234 1 year ago
I don't know which model that is, but it's made by The Voice of Music (or V-M for short). Dates from the 1950s.
PerisphereRec 2 years ago