Wow! The odds of playing the 4 tracks successfully are 1 in 256, if I calculated correctly. ( 4x4x4x4=256)
Jim On Oct 27, 2010, at 10:14 PM, Vinyl Visions wrote: > > Hi Bruce, > > Thanks for the link on YouTube. Strangely enough when I first played my > record, I hit each variation with the first four tries - since then, that > feat is impossible to reproduce. > > Curt > >> Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:52:45 +0000 >> From: bruce78...@comcast.net >> To: phono-l@oldcrank.org >> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Victor Puzzle Record >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozPct-CiZK4 >> >> Here is the Conundrum being demonstrated on Youtube. >> >> Bruce >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Douglas Houston" <cdh...@earthlink.net> >> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l@oldcrank.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 12:50:40 AM >> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Victor Puzzle Record >> >> There seems to be lot of conjecture about exactly how many of those records >> that Victor made. I always hear of the Conundrum, but never have seen/heard >> it. I have the "Puzzle Record", which has three starts on each of two >> sides. It's a 10 inch. Rust's "Victor Master Book" tells thyat some (not >> all) of the tracks were done by the Mayfair Orchestra (England?). Audio >> quality is very good. The stylus sure does go across the record in a hurry! >> >> >>> [Original Message] >>> From: Vinyl Visions <vinyl.visi...@live.com> >>> To: <phono-l@oldcrank.org> >>> Date: 10/27/2010 12:06:16 AM >>> Subject: [Phono-L] Victor Puzzle Record >>> >>> >>> >>> I'm hoping that someone on the list might have some info on Victor >> Puzzle Records. I picked one up the other day titled: "The Conundrum - What >> Should I Play Next?". Anyone know how many of these were made or how scarce >> they might be? I have only seen two of these - the one that I bought and >> another by Jimmie Rodgers. Were these a demo of the then current >> technology, or were they made for some other purpose? The selections on >> this record are four different types of music, which play randomly, >> depending on where or when you place the needle - very strange... >>> >>> Curt >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Phono-L mailing list >>> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
