Okay, so remember vinyl discs? If 16-, 33.3-, and 78-RPM records had the small spindle hole, then why such the

Question

big hub hole for 45-RPM discs (even though small-shaft players can be adapted for those)?

Will you come back and see my responses to yours, please?

Thanks,

Mike Christensen

Answer 1

I think it had something to do with making them work reliably in the old mechanical Jukeboxes.  It gave the machine a bigger target to get the spindle through the hole.

Answer 2

They were meant for jukeboxes.  Early machines had trouble playing the records with the small hole.