A Mysterious Victrola

[Gilbey]

This never happened before to my Victrola. It is located on top of an antique sewing machine in our office. Last week, one early morning about 5 am as I was just typing along some email on my computer, I heard the Victrola platter turned by itself (as if someone cranked it). I turned around and said, What the heck is this? The 78 rpm record was still there and it was just spinning. No, the stylus wasn't engaged so, no sound. Just the clunking of the mechanism as it spun. I was all alone, the room was calm, no wind, no earthquake

Oh well, I thought I'd just share this mystery ...

 

[scotrace]

I hope you accommodated the spook and dropped the needle in place!?

 

[DerMann]

The switch that (dis)engages the mechanism might just have slipped, as everything on a victrola, as you may know, is mechanically controlled, and it is very possible that it just gave out or slipped.

What sort of record was it, by the way?

 

[Gilbey]

The switch that (dis)engages the mechanism might just have slipped, as everything on a victrola, as you may know, is mechanically controlled, and it is very possible that it just gave out or slipped.

What sort of record was it, by the way?

I hope it's just the slipping and not something else

The record?

Time After Time
by Margaret Whiting (with Frank DeVol and his Orchestra)

 

[Gilbey]

I hope you accommodated the spook and dropped the needle in place!?

I might just have to do that next time.