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Turntable used by Grand Wizzard Theodore

2000s

Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Vestax PDX-2000 turntable made of plastic and metal.The body of the turntable is made of silver plastic. The top left corner of the turntable has a black and silver power button. The top right corner has a black tonearm with a needle that slides from the right side of the top of the turntable to the platter at the center. The lower right corner of the top of the turntable has red and black type that reads: [Vestax / PDX-2000]. Below the type are controls for pitch, reverse, quartz lock and speed adjustment. The lower left corner of the top of the turntable has three buttons for start/stop, 33 rpm, and 45 rpm. The back of the turntable has an output jack, ground terminal, remote control jack, AC cord as well as the model information. Black and white type on the back reads: [Vestax / MODEL NO.

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Catalog reference: 2015.186abc

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