Post by jimk on Aug 30, 2017 23:08:05 GMT
Hello from suburban "Minne-a-no-place", everyone! (Maple Grove, MN, to be exact).
When I was a wee-lad I was fortunate enough to have, as my own personal "record player", a 1955 RO 1452! I loved that thing, despite the fact that we kept dropping the needles on it, the tubes kept going out, and the platter spun at only half-speed before it had a a chance to warm-up. (Imagine, if you will, a five year old child poking around an amplifier and power supply, looking for a dropped needle! Someone "upstairs" must have been looking out for me!). However, when I was 7 or 8 years old my parents put it out in the front yard with a "For Sale" sign on it, and they sold it (for a measly $25!!!) so that they could finish-off the basement!
Fast-forward about 35 years or so, and one day at lunch I was cruisin' the "interwebs" and found another 1452 for sale on eBay! The listing said, "Buy It Now"....so I did!
A few weeks later my father and I drove out to West By God Virginia to pick it up, and....
I had to put the RO in storage for a number of years due to a divorce, but this past winter I dug it up again, and I now have the time, and the means, to bring this thing back to life! I have a blog on this juke (jimsrock-ola1452.blogspot.com/) , but right now it's grossly out of date. I prefer "working" on the RO to writing about it, but hopefully in the near future I'll find the time to sit down and type-up a few words...
Regardless, this is me, and this is my childhood dream come true!
Jim
When I was a wee-lad I was fortunate enough to have, as my own personal "record player", a 1955 RO 1452! I loved that thing, despite the fact that we kept dropping the needles on it, the tubes kept going out, and the platter spun at only half-speed before it had a a chance to warm-up. (Imagine, if you will, a five year old child poking around an amplifier and power supply, looking for a dropped needle! Someone "upstairs" must have been looking out for me!). However, when I was 7 or 8 years old my parents put it out in the front yard with a "For Sale" sign on it, and they sold it (for a measly $25!!!) so that they could finish-off the basement!
Fast-forward about 35 years or so, and one day at lunch I was cruisin' the "interwebs" and found another 1452 for sale on eBay! The listing said, "Buy It Now"....so I did!
A few weeks later my father and I drove out to West By God Virginia to pick it up, and....
I had to put the RO in storage for a number of years due to a divorce, but this past winter I dug it up again, and I now have the time, and the means, to bring this thing back to life! I have a blog on this juke (jimsrock-ola1452.blogspot.com/) , but right now it's grossly out of date. I prefer "working" on the RO to writing about it, but hopefully in the near future I'll find the time to sit down and type-up a few words...
Regardless, this is me, and this is my childhood dream come true!
Jim
