I'm a little foggy on what Andy Baron wrote. But yes, Victor and another company.Gable, I believe had changers in those early days. Capehart was coming up with some interesting changers,as well as Sparton. As has already been treated, victor laid an egg with their second generation changer in 1928. Story goes that Fenimore Johnson wanted to hold off on launching the changer, and as is so often the case, was overruled. It was a fiasco, and cost Victor a lot of mazuma, and never was right anyway. Note if you will, that RCA and Victor had no changers in the 1929 or 1930 model lines, and when RCA did finally bring out the nezt changer in about late 1931, it was another fiasco. It would only change 10 inch records. They should have given up before they started. > [Original Message] > From: <pjfraser at alamedanet.net> > To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l at oldcrank.org> > Date: 2/23/2007 5:50:54 PM > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] multiple disk record players (changers) > > there were certainly changers to be had in the teens. plus the vic 10-50 > (and other victors with changers) came out in 1927, and even though they > were expensive, they were available to the masses... > > Dr. Houston, here's your cue! > > Andrew Baron wrote: > > I think the real question is: Does the setting and economic status > > of the character make the record changer scenario unlikely. > > Certainly the general public were years away from owning automatic > > record changers. > > > > Do you recall the book title? > > > > Andy Baron > > > > > > On Feb 23, 2007, at 12:24 PM, Ron L wrote: > > > >> I was just reading a book review in which the reviewer chides the > >> author for > >> saying that someone put records on, and said that there were no > >> changers in > >> 1926. I don't think this is true. ISTR seeing at least one > >> changer around > >> in the teens, albeit an obscure name. So, when did Victor's first > >> changer > >> come out and what was the name of the acoustical era changer that I > >> can't > >> remember? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Ron L > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Phono-L mailing list > >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org