Grandfather Walkman

What is up my dudes.

This week’s episode of MILDLY INTERESTING THINGS I FIND AT WORK is for all you lovers of classic vinyl out there. Every so often someone will bring into Goodwill an old record player, usually attached to some outdated stereo system that hasn't been used in 10 plus years, yet somehow still works. That's not to mention all of the records alone that come through the doors (think hundreds at a time).

This time is a little bit different though. We got a record player that definitely hasn't been used in more than 10 years, and it's definitely attached to an old, outdated stereo system, this is an all-in-one package though. This is like the 15lb grandfather of a Walkman from the 90s. Definitely not as portable, but still a party animal in its day. It’s called the MODEL 270-S and it was made by a company called THE SOUND OF MUSIC (riveting, I know). It’s a 117 Volt, 60 Hz record player and speaker, made to play those smaller-sized vinyl records you’ve probably seen in a pile somewhere (45 rpm records). While I don’t have an exact date on when it was made, the company that made these was around during the 40’s-70’s, and originally started out by manufacturing classified wartime inventions for WWII. It was only after the war that they switched to record-player production.

The record player here aged pretty well I think; in good shape they go for upwards of $150 sold by some person on ebay. Find one for yourself, and then you could be that person on ebay. Tune in next week for another episode of MILDLY INTERESTING THINGS I FIND AT WORK.

Until next time my dudes.

Here’s a link to that person on Ebay