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Old vintage record player 1939 by Philips demonstration

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Uploaded by on Apr 28, 2010

Check the sound, the looks and the feel of a real vintage record player made by Philips in 1939 !!! This record is a thick non-flexible type! Look carefull to all nice buttons and details ( silver-plated) .. After some records the steel needles need to be replaced! The song 'Sensation Foxtrot' on this record (circa 1938) is by Will Glahe und Sein Musette Orchester (Germany)

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  • it's a steel needle!

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  • i wanna buy this record!!

  • @CoolDudeClem

    its proporly a early magnetic moving coil cartridge the coil on those where made out of very fine wire and they had very many turns so they could make a very strong signal the reson for that was so they dident need to have a other stage of amplyfication.

  • the most impressive is the sound quality of this old machine.

  • @SwingBandHeaven Thanks for taking the time to explain that. It was one of those things I'd never thought about before.

  • @Meanmanmartin2007 - very few radios or record players were made during WW2 as all non essential prodution was swithched to help the war effort. Radios and record players on the whole were deemed non essential. A few utility radio sets were produced - but other than that it was mend and make do. After the war and all through the 40's although radios and record players were made in the UK they were for export only - money / taxes received were used to help clear the massive war debt.

  • That tune is very familiar. I recall that same band had another song titled "Play Me".

  • More like 1930-32 than 1939, but a nice machine....

  • Thanks for this brilliant video. Its really interesting to see what old record players look like.

    Out of interest, did record players like this continue to be manufactured during World War 2?

  • Is the pickup ceramic or magnetic type?

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