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I think our school district got rid of all of theirs in the very early 2000's. They may have kept one or two at each school, "just in case"; but, I doubt it. A few years ago, I called an old friend who works in maintenance for the school district and I asked him about the old record players. He said that that a year or two before I called, they had a major housecleaning auction and the record players went to the dump after no one bid on them.
I remember a 1430 that was solid state and looked similar to the tube 1410. The 1430 had 3 knobs - off/pause/play, volume, and tone. I think there was a solid state 1420 that looked like the tube 1410. I think the 1420 had an IC for the audio output stage.
I didn't like the later Califones from the '90's and up because they used DC drive motors and these motors failed a lot quicker than the older AC motors. In 25 years of doing this, I can count on one hand the number of AC phonograph motors that I've had to replace. Usually, cleaning and lubrication is all they need.
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