Can those ELP turnables be able to play 78 rpm records with great success?

All the best
Jan Myren

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Emne: Re: [ARSCLIST] ELP turntable

On 05/03/2011, Doug Pomeroy wrote:

> Thanks to all who responded. I remembered that the ELP
> would play cracked records in some cases.
> I did not remember about the need for a complete rim!
> The glass disc I have is in two pieces, which means the rim
> has two breaks in it. So I guess the ELP offers no solution.
>
> The disc I have was probably broken more than 50 years ago,
> and the pieces will NOT fit back together tightly. It's an
> important, unique recording (Art Tatum Trio) but I guess it is
> unsalvageable.
>
One day it will be recoverable with some kind of digital scanning
system, so preserve the pieces.

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