John Chapman
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GramophoneI recently spent a pleasant afternoon at a small show organised by the Cornwall Vintage Tractor club. As you might expect it was mainly tractors, but one item in the model tent was a real gem. A Meccano gramophone.
And yes, it did really play that 78 
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Spokesmann
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I have a few 78s from my dad, love to hear them...
That is the most unusual Meccano model I have seen for a long while.
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Mamod Collector
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I have to admit I rather like that, are all the pieces genuine Meccano John 
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JJ
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Fantastic, peoples ingenuity will never cease to amaze me.
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silverfoxsteam
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Did it actually work John? It certainly looks like it does.
The horn is particularly fine.
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John Chapman
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| Mamod Collector wrote: | | I have to admit I rather like that, are all the pieces genuine Meccano John |
Yes, as far I could tell - apart from the motor which runs off a model train controller.
| silverfoxsteam wrote: | Did it actually work John? It certainly looks like it does.
The horn is particularly fine. |
Yes it really did play the record. However, the gent. did admit he was having trouble getting the speed constant. The sound box is made from a disk of very thin perspex.
Here's a couple of closeups -
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Franco
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That really is a work of mechanical art John!
Franco.
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