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To: nickcarraway

78.26 rpm to be more exact. I learned something today:

Earliest speeds of rotation varied widely, but by 1910 most records were recorded at about 78 to 80 rpm. In 1925, 78.26 rpm was chosen as a standard for motorized phonographs, because it was suitable for most existing records, and was easily achieved using a standard 3600-rpm motor and 46-tooth gear (78.26 = 3600/46). Thus these records became known as 78s (or “seventy-eights”). This term did not come into use until after World War II when a need developed to distinguish the 78 from other newer disc record formats.
https://web.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music/historyof78rpms


26 posted on 07/06/2022 2:05:54 PM PDT by Doctor Congo
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To: Doctor Congo

Speeds of tapes were almost always multiple related.

30 and 15 inches per second
Then 7 1/2, 3 3/4, 1 7/8 (cassette tape)

I think VCR VHS was weirdly 1 5/16 ips


30 posted on 07/06/2022 2:22:19 PM PDT by George from New England
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To: Doctor Congo

The 78 basically died in the 1950s. That said some of the early Elvis singles were pressed on 78s as well as the ascendant 45s.


58 posted on 07/10/2022 7:48:08 PM PDT by xp38
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