PERRY COMO - IVY ROSE - ZENITH COBRA-MATIC.MP4

[shadowgirl32]

my grandma had me find this - she hadn't heard it in something like sixty years.

[VictrolaJazz]

@shadowgirl32 Well it's not quite that old, but glad she enjoyed it anyway!

[shadowgirl32]

@VictrolaJazz lol, I'm only off by six years. =P

[ketefollen1984]

Zenith is priceless. Too high cost for me

[VictrolaJazz]

@ketefollen1984 Thanks! It really didn't cost that much, but that was several years ago too!

[ketefollen1984]

@ketefollen1984 The ritual of the vinyl and the sound of the tune. Unique.

[johnbrowneyes]

I have the same model as you.....I have posted a few videos. It's a great machine, I just need to find some new tubes.

[VictrolaJazz]

@johnbrowneyes Yes, they are superb machines, about the best portables of the late 50's! Thanks and best of luck finding the tubes, shouldn't be too difficult.

[75capriceconvertible]

Isn't that a similar cobra to the one in your console? A bit newer though... OK what are the knobs on the front? one is tone, one is volume? But the right one seems to be double-ganged?

[VictrolaJazz]

@75capriceconvertible The Cobra is made metal. It seems counterintuitive because the whole rationale behind the plastic Cobra in '46 was to create a much lighter tone are than the heavy metal clunkers in use up to that time because records would soon be made of vinyl. Once the VM changers were adopted, the Cobra was made of metal. It may have had to do with patent or something, I don't know, but it is identical to the earlier plastic ones.

[75capriceconvertible]

@VictrolaJazz Very strange indeed... I know the Wurlitzers (jukes) of the era used the cobras big-time - revolutionary at that time! New and lightweight!

[VictrolaJazz]

@75capriceconvertible They used the plastic ones from about 1948 to 1952, but discontinued use when 45's became common. I can remember my parents and their friends going out to their country club to square dance. The juke box was free but they bring their own records. I can remember watching in fascination as one of their friends loaded the juke box--I was transfixed by my first Cobra tone arm!

[75capriceconvertible]

@VictrolaJazz No kidding!! They brought their own records? Oh my, I would have been in juke heaven! And I would have been transfixed at the sight of that first cobra too... the arms of that day were so cumbersome!

[VictrolaJazz]

@75capriceconvertible The knob on the left is on/off and volume. The larger ring on the right controls bass, the little lever knob inside of it controls treble.

[75capriceconvertible]

@VictrolaJazz Oh! Well Zenith had it goin' on definitely, to have bass and treble on a portable. RCA had bass and treble on their new orthophonics... and they had fantastic sound also

[VictrolaJazz]

@75capriceconvertible Well Zeniths were very nice machines, hand-wired in those years! This is a High-Fidelity machine. I had a portable a few years ago that was a couple of years newer that was Stereophonic as well, but it just was not as nicely appointed machine. Where this one has a real Zenith emblem and lettering on the front, it just had the emblem and name stamped on the front of the case.

[75capriceconvertible]

@VictrolaJazz It is beautiful and one can tell by looking that it's quality... I remember the era when, the rage for 'high fidelity' was eclipsed by the rage for 'stereophonic'!! and everything became stereo, and, the quality began to deteriorate... true, the players were stereo but they became stereo crap!

[Vinylrecordsneverdie]

Nice song and sweet turntable!

[VictrolaJazz]

@Vinylrecordsneverdie Thanks! I kinda thought you might like that record!

[chompo7]

beautiful machine and song.perry como was always a class act.

[VictrolaJazz]

@chompo7 Thanks! I think he was too--nothing ever scandalous associated with him!