[CityBoyDoug]

Originally Posted by Earl Boebert

That is a *very* peculiar tonearm (if that is what it is) for 1946 in that picture. Here it is enlarged:




And here is what a typical electric portable player of the era would look like:



The one in the picture looks like a bit of studio equipment, *but* it appears to be on the wrong side of the turntable.

Or: what looks like the pivot on the left is actually the rest, the larger object on the right is the pivot, and the turntable has been turned around and stored temporarily on the radio/speaker cabinet.

In 1946 this would have been a 78 rpm only rig, since LPs were not introduced until 1948 and 45s in 1949. Very curious.

Cheers,

Earl

Earl....its possible that the photo is reversed.