Record players

A record player including a turntable, a motor, a member drivingly associated with the turn-table, a spindle driven by the motor, a jockey pulley drivingly interposed between said spindle and member, said spindle being stepped to provide a plurality of portions of different diameter and said portions being slightly tapered whereby adjustment of the pulley axially of each portion permits a fine adjustment of the speed of rotation of the turntable, a speed change arm, on which said jockey pulley is rotatably mounted, means pivotally and slidably mounting said arm on said record player, cam means rotatably mounted on said record player and engaged by a part associated with said speed change arm to cause, when rotated, movement of said arm to engage said jockey pulley with a desired one of said stepped portions of said spindle, a manually engageable member mounted on said record player for rotation co-axially of said cam means, a drive element also mounted for rotation co-axially of the cam means, first coupling means to couple said manually engageable member to said drive element to permit rotation of said manually engageable member to be transmitted to said drive element and second coupling means to couple said drive element to said cam means to permit rotary movement of said drive element to be transmitted to said cam means, wherein said second coupling means permits relative axial movement between said cam means and said drive element and a manually operable pitch adjusting member is mounted for rotation relative to said drive element co-axially of the cam means to cause axial movement of said cam means relative to said drive element to cause axial movement of said speed change arm and hence said jockey pulley to achieve said fine adjustment of the speed of rotation of the turntable.