Bing Crosby Silent Night DECCA 78 Played on 1947 Zenith Cobramatic

A quick video of one of my Zenith Cobra-Matic's in action! This Zenith is a completely original 1947 AM Radio/Phono combo unit. No restoration at all has been performed although it is in need of one. This will be the "before" video soon to be followed by an "after" video of the Zenith's performance after restoration. This DECCA Bing Crosby 78 rpm record is in poor shape (sorry for the skips) but it was the 1st Bing Christmas record I came across while going through stuff that has been in storage for 5 years. More to come so stay tuned! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!

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[Teflon65]

That's a beautiful Cobra-Matic. Can that record be cleaned, to eliminate some of the scratchy sounds? Also, are the tonearms on these things as light as they appear to be?

[TwinMillMC]

@Teflon65 Thanks, the Cobra Tonearm tracks at 18.5 grams or 2/3 oz. It's made of Bakelite (a rigid plastic material). By today's standards it's very heavy but in '48 most tonearms were made of heavy metal and tracked much heavier. Unfortunately the record is shot, I cleaned it b4 the video was made. I have many mint copies of this, this was just the 1st one I pulled out of storage.

[mariopica]

Thank you very much for sharing. The Zenith is beautiful. Love it.

Best regards from Brazil,

Márcio.