1938 Garrard RC-100 Turn-over Record Changer

In 1938, Garrard designed and manufactured an elaborate record changer to compete with the popular and expensive Capehart. The first production run consisted of approximately 100 units which were destined for an American company. Nearly all of these were on board a ship that was sunk by a U-boat at the beginning of the war. Only a handful survived, and all were plagued by the ill-conceived pot metal frame.

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• Garrard
• Turnover
• turn-over
• Capehart
• record changer

[RockinEd]

It jsut dropped the record after it played..I'm surprised it didn't shatter

[recordchangerman]

@RockinEd Because the record is dropped perfectly flat, it falls on a cushion of air. It is actually rather gentle on the records.

[oooowwwwdddd]

Wow, so you're the original owner of this amazing unit? If you were to sell it what would it be worth since it is so rare?

[recordchangerman]

@oooowwwwdddd My father bought it used. It was probably 10 years old when he bought it. 

[oooowwwwdddd]

@recordchangerman What would it be worth today? thx...

[recordchangerman]

@oooowwwwdddd I have no idea. I am not aware of any that have changed hands.

[dave631bnetzero]

I would think it has serious value. Rare is an understatement. I've never seen anything like it.

[75capriceconvertible]

Great vid... astonishing piece of history

[eclecticdufus]

something about reminds me of the feeding machine in Chaplin's Modern Times, lol. What a great machine to haveand ingenious technology but I wouldnt trust any valuble records to it. Capeharts themselves reputedly caused shellac casualties.

[maynardcat]

Interesting info about this Garrard.I have several Garrard changers, but I had never seen one like this before. This is a 1930's mechanical marvel, but I think it is suppose to have something on the left to drop the played records on. There is another changer that operates similar to this Garrard that I haven't seen in many years that was made by Fisher. It was called the Fisher Lincoln. I've never seen one on youtube, or for sale on ebay, and there is not much info about it on the internet.

[DvdXploitr]

Amazing how delicate it sets the record down on the platter...then *PLOP* right on the table once rejected. Even though it falls on a Cushion of air, i would still like something soft on the table for it to land on.

[empkarsi]

Most amazing thing...

[APyleOfVinyl]

You know, despite being from the late 1930s, I will say that this looks like the record player of the future. It looks much more space age and amazing than the ipods and such. I love how complicated it is.

[RobinPratt]

WONDERFUL!!!

[tough213]

hello there i was wondering if you would be able to play a record so i can hear how it sounds on this wonderful record changer . I have a neighbor that has one and it is in fair shape but it is in his basement packed up and it would be nice to hear it playing thank you for your time

[osdelced]

Very, very, very beautiful and marvelous machine, and very interesting history about these recordchangers!. This WW II survivor is unvaluable!. =)