The message from Kenneth Abrams rises higher:
 MT> So that we can invent and sell to the masses, at great profit, a
 MT> little device that adapts 45s to the standard turntable pin.
 KA> The larger hole does make them easier to handle (from a former,
 KA> pre-CD,  disc jockey's point of view). :-)
 KA> I don't think I've ever heard an actual reason for the larger hole,
 KA> but  I know that most 33 rpm 7" records I've seen used the smaller "LP"
 KA> hole  as an indicator of the different speed.
But that's only true of the 7" here in America.
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- Clark Ray                                                  -
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