Many people instantly know what THIS is. Others don't have a clue
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Huh. I guess I just never saw the different sizes having a different sized spindle hole. My dad has a collection of records, and there are two different sizes of records among them, but they all have the same sized hole in the center. However, none of them appear to be 45s. They're all 10 inch or 12 inch LPs. I was aware of the smaller 45s, I just didn't know their hole was way larger.
That's awesome, you're one of today's lucky 10,000.
It supposedly had something to do with calculus and the ratio between the diameter of the inner most groove to the diameter of the outermost groove being optimal at that size, but I'm not sure how much of that is genuine or just marketing. I've also heard that the larger hole is better for the mechanisms in jukeboxes.
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Are there still really a lot of 45's in circulation?
Oh yeah. Lots if vintage record shops have them.
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What do you call them in Germany?
Kindengartenkind (Kindergarten child). We don't use Kindergärtner, but I'd expect the educator to be the gardener in that context
