Dear MMDers,  This is really a long shot but I am looking for a
"mechanical music machine" from the 50's.  As a teenager, my wife had
an unusual 45 RPM record player and would sure like to find one like
the one she had.  It was mostly plastic, of course, played only 45 RPM
records, was battery powered, and was operated by pushing the record
into a slot.  There was no visible tone arm and the record had to play
all the way through before it could be started over.

If anyone has seen or heard of such a machine, I would like to know
about it.

Thanks,
Pat DeWitt
pcdewitt@juno.com