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Ive always wondered about the record changers. Originally Sears got them from VM, then switched to Crescent, but Crescent doesnt seem to have been around after the late 50s. Once source said the 60 s changers were made by Alliance (the Tenna-rotor company) the late 50s to early 60s changers seem to be a continuation of the Crescent design, but may have been made by Warwick. About 1964 the changers changed a bit, with lever controls instead of knobs, more plastic parts in the mechanism, and the size sensor changed from a drop lever like BSR, to a rotating semaphore like Many Garrards of that period. Does anyone know if the later changers were still made by Warwick, or did they switch to Alliance or someone else later on?
Then there are the weird late 50s silvetone 'manumatic" changers that only changed 7" records. Anyone know who actually made those?
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