record changer

American  

noun

1. a device that automatically places each of a stack of records in succession onto the turntable of a phonograph.

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record-changer British  

noun

1. a device in a record player for changing records automatically

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Etymology

Origin of record changer

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

He relishes educating customers, explaining the nuances of a record player, a record changer, a phonograph and a gramophone.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2017

Shannon also puckishly designed an “Ultimate Machine”: simply a box with a button and a hand that emerged to shut it off, as if anticipating Charles Addams’ one-handed record changer, Thing.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2012

The guarantee was possible because of the development of an automatic record changer with a tone arm that rests so lightly on records that the company says both needle and record will last longer.

From Time Magazine Archive

The new record changer has a double tone arm, shaped like a big tuning fork, whose prongs, each equipped with a needle and pickup, swing out over both sides of the record at once.

From Time Magazine Archive