The record player is the auto-changer type. (I didn't realise before writing this post that it was invented in Hobart, Tasmania.) You put a stack of records on the spindle and upon reaching the end of one record, the eccentric motion of the stylus arm due to the shape of the groove near the centre would trigger the mechanism to drop the next record in the stack. It was most useful for 78 RPM records which only lasted 3-4 minutes. With the spread of Long Playing vinyl, the need for a stack was reduced. Ah, also the stylus was double headed, one for vinyl and the thicker one for 78s.
The ¼ inch tape recorder was a 7 inch Panasonic, which unfortunately couldn't play the older 10 inch reels recorded with an older Philips recorder and and even older British recorder. It however was transistorised (solid-state they called it) so didn't run warm. I recorded quite a bit of music to savour (er, also annoy my family) over and over again.
The radio-amplifier was the valve type, make possibly Philips or Grundig. At the top right corner of it you will see a small horizontal window. This opened onto an electron tube called a magic eye, for displaying the signal strength when tuning to a station. The fluorescent phenomenon was later used in calculator and clock displays, albeit with lower voltages.
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