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Anyone know who manufactured Sears Silvertone record changers from the mid-sixties through the late sixties. I was told they were manufacture by Alliance (Genie Garage door openers, Alliance "Tenna-Rotor" anntena rotators, and small fractional hp motors). Alliance was bought out in 1994 by Overhead door, and now if known as Fenie Co., but previous to that they had manufactured a wide diversity of consumer products.

I think they may be in error. Alliance did manufacture the 2-pole motors for the changers, but I don't think they produced the changer itself....or did they?
 
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Need a pic or an EIA code to say for absolute sure. Sears outsourced everything to a long list of manufacturers. I'd be a little surprised if there was only one maker.
 
I'll fess up - none of those mfgrs ring a bell - not even a little.
So many contract manufacturers................
 
I know this topic hasn't been posted to in 2 years, but my 1969-ish Silvertone 7439 (see #2 in the attached catalog page) record changer was made by BSR in Great Britian. The 7439 is the Silvertone-branded version of the BSR A12.
 

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BSR was selling their changers so cheaply by then, it was hard for any of the manufacturers to resist putting them in their less expensive models. This was partially why Voice of Music began having financial difficulties then.

Prior to this, VM was the biggest supplier to record player manufacturers and Sears was using Crescent changers. We had a 1965-66 Silvertone console and it had a Crescent changer in it. The Crescents were identifiable by the vertical levers for speed and cycling instead of the usual dials or whatever. They were also able to track at 2 grams.

Doug
 
Pio1980 said:
Warwick was a division of Thomas organ, iirc.
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My Aunt played a Thomas. My mother played a Hammond.
So, I do know who Thomas is/was.

The Hammond had to be a couple hundred pounds. Took 3 or 4 guys and a dolly to move it.
As the oldest son, I was usually gifted that job.
 
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