Garrard Turntable model RC88/4

Name/Title

Garrard Turntable model RC88/4

Entry/Object ID

2025.38.25

Description

Garrard Record Changer model RC 88/4

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Garrard

Date made

1956 - 1959

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Turntable, Phonograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Sound Communication Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Sound Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Material

Metal Wood

Color

Black Brown

General Notes

Note

Turntable will play automatically any number of records up to eight, of any one of the following types: 10- or 12-inch records at 78 rpm, 10- or 12-inch records at 33 1/3 rpm, 7-inch records at 45 rpm; disks can also be played at 16 2/3 rpm. Records can be played manually as well, and there is a setting for that on the turntable. This is a stereo turntable although some early models were monaural.

Note

It was a state-of-the-art, 4-speed automatic turntable and was considered the "one to have" in the mid-50s.

Note

Schedule no: 52750/4B