Ristaucrat M-400 Industrial-Strength Both-Sides 45 RPM Record Player Demo

A very rare 1953 Ristaucrat 45 rpm record player, restored from its original back-room cabinet into a turntable base (plinth). Complete restoration of mechanics, surfaces, and alignments. Bat-handle switches and carry-handles added, LEDs illuminate mechanical workings below. Similar in concept to Seeburg 1000 background music record players.

[@innertube1342]

Very reminiscent of Seeburg Background Music System. Congrats, fantastic restoration

[@ds99]

That is truly an amazing restoration of that record changer. It looks old fashioned but modern at the same time. Great job!

[@AudioMobil]

Wow! That's an impressive machine and a top restoration job! I'm a radio DJ and only use 45s on my 50s / 60s radio show. I use an old DUAL record changer to listen to preview my records at home but it only hold 10 to 12 records...this machine would be perfect to enjoy hours of music on 45 without having to change the records. The concept reminds me of early german NSM Fanfare Jukeboxes made in the 50s.

[@51gary51]

Wow! What an incredible record changer! Can you imagine designing and syncopating the working parts on such a machine? I can't! You did a remarkable job cleaning it up and restoring it like new. Congrats on a job well done! It's simply gorgeous!

[@apdorafa-rafaelalmeida7159]

Wow. That's amazing and fascinating. I had never seen a record being played with the needle below it.

[@NEWbobofhollywood]

I'm incredibly impressed, Sir, with your technical expertise. You're clearly a wizard.

[@FleaMarketJohn]

that is completely fascinating. Even I have never seen anything like that before. Thank you. OMG - what a precise painstaking but wonderful restoration.

[@Murrlin27]

Damn what a clever device!!

[@Super8Rescue]

The best record player video I have seen in a long time.

[@pcallas66]

That's just a work of art. Thank you for restoring that!!!

[@arupdutta2202]

Such a pleasure to watch, mesmerizing.

[@TKELCH]

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT!!!! Thanks for sharing this magnificent machine!

[@databits]

Great work on your restoration of the Ristaucrat M-400!!

[@idonttrustbarry2629]

so glad you saved this, I don't think anyone could have done better

[@Chip12414]

The most amazing 45 rpm player I have ever seen !!

[@JackOfAllTrades2022]

Very nice... always discovering new toys like this one... great job on the restoration!

[@franklynpolster8949]

what a great dumpster find. glad you saved it. nice machine

[@mrjason9382]

Wow what a amazing beautiful peace of enginewity and nice job rebilding her

[@hawkfumodee5364]

Top job matey, put a smile on my face.

[@loopiewho]

Oh WOW WOW WOW what an awesome thing love it and what a great job you have done

[@mannye]

Freaking insane. I love that! I will be on the lookout for one of these as raw material.

[@highlighterdog1479]

That's amazing how it plays both sides!

[@TheNetsten]

Thanks for the video very interesting, i bet its worth a small fortune now

[@stanleycostello9610]

What can I say. Your videograpy is superb, too.

[@erin19030]

I like the precision look of the mechanism.

[@tableseven8133]

OK, what shocked me was that the upside down player is spinning the the opposite direction of the plate on the bottom. It makes sense, but is is amazing to have reverse spinning things on the same hub and both work well!

[@classic287]

That is the coolest record player I've ever seen...

[@FeedBackMain]

Amazing!!!! CongRATULATIONS a very masterpiece!

[@giuseppesciarra1199]

diabolico! veramente fantastico almeno per la complessità.

[@aaronrbrundidge]

This looks as if it would be more at home inside of a jukebox or somethin'. However, this would be great to have, especially for those double-sided hit records. Very interesting looking and great sound. Great job in restoring it!!!

[@slendermanRblx]

@@Dan-TechAndMusic Actually Seeburg made a system designed exclusively for background music. Known as the Seeburg 1000. It runs proprietary 16 2/3 RPM records with 2 inch diameter centre holes. You should be able to find info on the system on the internet.

[@josephmagedanz4070]

Well, that's pretty amazing. Thanks for sharing.

[@makyhsmakyhs6766]

You did a real great work as it needs a real talent 👍

[@JRobert111111]

Amazing restoration!!

[@tedtw]

NICE JOB! I can't even imagine how many hours you spent on that. Full of parts that don't exist anywhere, anymore. Must have been a bit nerve-wracking at times.

[@ianwoollard2063]

That’s a wonderful restoration. It must have taken a bit of time to get the stylus pressure right for playing the record upside down. Very clever

[@zoxwolf2133]

Awesome machine and job done sir :)

[@Idelia412]

Amazing phonograph......Thanks for sharing!

[@markmarkofkane8167]

Beautiful!!! Fantastic job!!

[@zack4382]

WOW, I love it, wish that I got one like it

[@irmercado]

Amazing! I had never seen anything like this before. I have the Seeburg Background Music System that seems very similar to this but only plays special 9" records that are hard to find.

[@dfwsoundman]

Thanks. The original cartridge is there. The machine doesn't allow you to pick sides.

[@pcallas66]

A work of art.

[@jerickzane]

wow I would love one of these machines.

[@cineric10]

magnifique, toutes mes félicitations, j aime beaucoup, un belle appareil :-)

[@VirantRoss]

Wow. Found that!!?? Must be up North. Id never find that down here in the South

[@raul6562]

Mi nombre es Raul Cobas y me identifico desde todo punto de vista con la era analógica y soy apasionado al rescate y devolución de la vitalidad de todo equipo de válvulas electrónicas. "El oído humano es analógico".

[@MrJjs77]

Amazing sound! You did an awesome job.

[@robfriedrich2822]

This unit can be a good background music system, especially when you use records, where both sides contains different artists.

[@SKHorology2025]

Who did that version of "The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea" ?

[@romandjma.recordplayers7806]

The Billy Williams Quartette

[@ZX-zw3ge]

Wish I had one of those.

[@felixdeljuncoriveron5434]

Maravillosa esa maquina,es increíble que sirva la aguja por ambos lados del brazo guía wooo,y pensar que lo botaron y el lo recupero, increíble me dejó sin palabras,me fascina ese equipo pues nada felicidades por ese gran lo logro. 😎💯🤙

[@nikosystem1]

AMAZING JOB !

[@RockinJohnnyaitken]

Thats fantastic

[@ronalddegoeij8046]

Great to see

[@chatterdj69]

That is amazing!

[@TuneStunnaMusic]

Looks fantastic!

[@mdmphd]

beautiful, but imagine working in the store where those songs would play every hour fifteen or so!

[@oceanviewva]

very interesting, dfw, thanks for posting.

[@jhonwask]

The Seeburg BMC looks amazingly similar.

[@wintersbattleofbands1144]

Yup, similar concept. This machine had the benefit of playing commercially available 45s, and the 4-6 track 45 EP was big in the 1950s. The Seeburg machine plays (I think) 9" records at 16 RPM and plays much longer, but the music was all cheezed-out re-recordings.

[@sureshkumar-rs8ct]

I have never seen a record changer like this.

[@samuelfellows6923]

Interesting - another singles record batch player that plays both sides without “flipping” them; I have seen a variant of it in a KZbin video [Marcal playmaster] where it had 3 idler-wheels which “swung” under the record stack with the tone arm > the player would drop the 1st record onto the “wheels” then the wheels would lower the record onto the “top” tone-arm stylus and make contact with the platter turning the record anti-clockwise > when the tone-arm had reached the centre of the record, the tone-arm would lift and swing out and the wheels would also swing out “dropping” the record onto the platter and the tone-arm would place itself/its bottom stylus on the record edge and play the top side clockwise, this sequence would repeat until all the records had been played and it would stop; requiring the user to pull the stack up to repeat them/remove the records for another lot. More so that the player in this video can grip the record stack and play the underside of the 1st record [without the idler-wheels of the one that I have described] but the spindle and platter still turn in 2 different directions (as if it had the wheels) I guess 1 cartridge was made for it and similar players that [only] had the top stylus pointing to the right & the bottom to the left, I would have thought for that design both stylises would be pointing to the left & the platter and spindle “locked” and turning clockwise 🤨. And that it has that c-arm that lifts the record stack onto the spindle to repeat them itself

[@RedVynil]

Interesting!! Only problem is that the needle has to have pressure on it to play the under sides and that'll wear the records out faster.

[@circlesky73]

Probably no more than it would be to play the A-side.

[@RedVynil]

circlesky73 I don't know, I'd think the needle playing the a-side would mostly just float, if you know what I mean.

[@circlesky73]

Not really 'float', there's still pressure on it to force the stylus into the groove.

[@Deadwhacks62]

What was the first song played on the machine

[@Music4allofU]

That is beautiful.

[@kkteutsch6416]

What does maintain the tracking when playing the bottom sides ? i remember 'till 50 years ago some Wurlitzer sound machines where the records stays at a carroussel magazine in vertical position and played the records at vertical too...

[@RegebroRepairs]

Oh hello, indeed! So in fact, it doesn't change directions, the top always spins counter clockwise and the bottom always clockwise. That's fairly clever and also hilarious.

[@tough213]

Hey there wow such a great machine this is amazing how both sides are played . and it is so precise and accurate . Great job restoring this marvel . can you please tell me the artist doing handbone thank you very much and keep the great videos and vintage gear coming

[@pcno2832]

I wonder if anyone built something similar for 12" 33s. That could provide hours of music, but it would be a challenge playing both sides of a record with a small hole, with no easy way to hold the "upper" records in place.

[@wifighostcruiser9665]

I've never seen anything like that before. This company was better at mechanics than they were at Electronics

[@mrjason9382]

Beautiful

[@Deadwhacks62]

what's the name of the record first played on the machine?

[@driveinfilm]

I want one of these....

[@SKHorology2025]

What is the version of this song at 3:43

[@edivaldojose4294]

que lindo nunca vi igual !

[@themovietheatre]

Similar to the Seeburg 1000 background music player.

[@Emperorlexiconbum]

Personal stereos were BIG in the past X)

[@hugginduff]

what gives that great sound

[@gtrhero100]

Is the music we are hearing coming from this player?

[@romandjma.recordplayers7806]

Looking at how this works, I’d think it’s the inspiration for the seeburg background music player, as it works the exact same way. The only difference is that the records it plays aren’t 45s.

[@rcyan96]

who would throw such a beautiful machine O_O

[@DogeFilms]

This is cool

[@mjanovec]

Amazing restoration! Did the original cartridge still work or did you have to track down a new one? Also, can choose between playing only the A-sides versus playing both sides?

[@michaelmosko7169]

I'm in love.

[@QoraxAudio]

How did you find a dual sided cartridge? Or did you mount two cartridges back to back?

[@steamboat75043]

nice job neighbor

[@skycaptain1580]

AWSOME !!!

[@sznaps82]

Great machine :)

[@Nico93]

does it stereo ore mono playback only?.

[@k333ization]

What kind of head was mounted on the arm after the restoration?

[@wintersbattleofbands1144]

We call that a "cartridge." Looks like two of them, simple mono crystal jobbies.

[@robfriedrich2822]

I think, in the arm isn't enough space for two Pickering pickups with built in brush.

[@loadwarrior2669]

is the top stack Going backwards?

[@xaenon]

Yup. It has to in order to play the bottom side of the record. I had an old Seeburg jukebox that would reverse the player direction to play the 'B' side of records.

[@Nico93]

verey interesting pice, could be usefull for alot of 45s.

[@capitolemiproducer]

Is this a stereo system?

[@tough213]

Hello love this vintage gear it was built much better then today's audio gear . can you please tell me who the artist of hambone is at 1 minute and 28 seconds thank you and keep the great vintage gear videos coming they are great

[@moeloogham8463]

Now, if I had one of those, I might never fire up my CD player ever again!

[@robfriedrich2822]

Pretty small platter. I never had a record player with a platter smaller than a 45 rpm. It was, when smaller than 12" between 7 and 8".

[@robfriedrich2822]

When you're used to hear Charmaine in the Mantovani version, the version here is pretty different

[@Kramden429]

Who sang that version of "Hambone?" I'd like to get a copy of it for my new jukebox.

[@sopaman1234]

Jo stafford and Frankie Laine

[@Kramden429]

adam pagan Thanks. That 45 must be scarce as I saw only one copy of it on Ebay, but I hope I'll be able to track a copy of that version of "Hambone" down when my jukebox gets delivered in three weeks.

[@sopaman1234]

Kramden429 hope you find a copy of it ethier on 45 rpm or 78 rpm Ebay may have it

[@Kramden429]

It'd be a 45. That's the copy I saw on Ebay. Thanks again.

[@sopaman1234]

Great!!!!

[@circlesky73]

This thing is *amazing*! And it sounds incredible. Did you mod it for a magnetic cartridge, or is that an original ceramic?

[@belizando]

+circlesky73 original ceramic cartrige with new styli modded to fit the cartridge.

[@fernando29113]

Tiene una gran fidelidad.......OK