I was thinking about this today. Did anyone have one? I imagine kids would be baffled by it these days.
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I totally did and I loved it!!
We inherited these from somewhere, too. A shame the mirror didn’t survive:
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My wife picked one up on Saturday as an early Father’s Day gift. I hope to build it later this week. 
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Looks like a praxinoscope to put on a turntable? Cool idea. My dad had an actual antique praxinoscope. I think my brother has it now.
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OMG! Yes. I remember there were at least a couple of Stephen Foster songs. For the uninitiated, it was like a music box where the turntable arm had the sounding bars and the plastic “records” had the note pegs. Kind of ingenious, really
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I had one!
Damn, I feel like I had every famous toy from the 70s. We weren’t rich, I swear. My parents were social workers. We got toys only on Christmas and birthdays, and maybe occasionally something from a yard sale or charity shop. But it feels like between my parents and grandparents, my brother and I were buried in toys. (And books!)
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It needs cymbals. 
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Rock and Roll Yoda!
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That was my first record player.
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Fisher Price made a working turntable for slightly older kids. I had one.
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Yup, had those too. Never had an Erector Set, though.
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I had an ancient rusty Erector Set someone bought for me in a garage sale. I didn’t play with it much.
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I vaguely remember this creepy piece.
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I had real wooden Tinker Toys and Lincoln Logs. And those multi-colored blocks that came in various shapes.
I had a pocket-sized Erector Set that was in my Christmas stocking one year.
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“This candy DARES YOU to eat it!!”
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