Turntable
Ferry Sound Industries; Adelaide S.A.
- Country
- Australia
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Ferry Sound Industries; Adelaide S.A.
- Year
- 1939 ?
- Category
- Sound/Video Recorder and/or Player
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 308075
- Details
- Record Player (not changer)
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 240 Volt
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Turntable - Ferry Sound Industries;
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 360 x 340 x 220 mm / 14.2 x 13.4 x 8.7 inch
- Notes
-
The electric motor for the turntable was a unique 78RPM Syncronous motor that had to be started by hand. These,and the motors for the wire recorders, were made by Mr. Gilbert "Pop" Johnston of Beaulah Park in his garage foundry.
The pickup arm and head featured three adjustable feet on the twin ball-bearing pivot and telescopic rigid arms with the head pivoted at the end. Magnetic type pickups featured a grape seed, oil damped stylus.
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 9 kg / 19 lb 13.2 oz (19.824 lb)
- Mentioned in
- Adelaide's Early Radio & Tape Recorders, Page 10.
- Author
- Model page created by Keith Ellison. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
-
Here you find 22 models, 22 with images and 0 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Ferry Sound Industries; Adelaide S.A.
Collections
The model Turntable is part of the collections of the following members.