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Old 09-07-2010, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill Cahill View Post
The simple reason for the variable pitch control was because not all records were 78 rpm. There were variables, including 76, 80, and, 90 rpm.
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I remember reading somewhere that the variable speed control would go down to 39 RPM, and that was a speed (1/2 of 78 RPM) that was sometimes used for home recordings... don't know if that was true, but it seems reasonable.

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