Music Room

The music room is located opposite the main entrance to Whim House. It is open from 10:00 until 20:00.

On entry, please remove your shoes and place them in the rack on the right-hand side by the door; there are slippers provided which you can wear if you wish.

The entrance door is formed of two separate panels. Please take care when closing it to make sure you don’t catch your hand between the upper and lower sections.

The music room features a vintage Luxman L-5 amplifier which was manufactured in the early 1980’s. CD’s did not exist at the time so, although you can play CD’s using it, there is no ‘CD’ button on the fascia per se – instead on the Input Selector you need to press ‘TUNER’.

Please note also that the amplifier is extremely sensitive, featuring protection circuits which can easily blow; in this case, we have to disconnect the amplifier and replace the fuses. This is bit of a nuisance, although these circuits have kept the amplifier in perfect working order for almost 50 years, so we shouldn’t complain…

Please follow the instructions below carefully

To play your own music

  1. Before switching the amplifier on, place your phone/MP3 player on top of the perspex lid of the turntable and then firmly insert the jack plug located to your left. If you plug in after the amplifier has been switched on it may fuse.
  2. Press ‘AUX’ on the Input Selector.
  3. Press the ‘On’ button in the bottom right-hand corner of the amplifier. It takes about 20 seconds to warm up.
  4. Choose your music on your device and press play.
  5. When you’ve finished, switch off the amplifier first and only then disconnect your phone/MP3 player from the jack plug.

To play a CD from the collection

  1. Press ‘TUNER’ on the Input Selector of the amplifier.
  2. Press the ‘On’ button in the bottom right-hand corner of the amplifier. It takes about 20 seconds to warm up.
  3. Press the ‘On’ button on the CD player.
  4. Press the ‘Open’ button and insert the CD of your choice.
  5. Press the ‘Play’ button.

To play a Vinyl Record

  1. Press ‘PHONO’ on the Input Selector of the amplifier.
  2. Press the ‘On’ button in the bottom right-hand corner of the amplifier. It takes about 20 seconds to warm up.
  3. Lift the perspex lid of the turntable.
  4. Place the record on the turntable.
  5. Unclip the recording arm and move it to the left – the action of so doing causes the turntable to rotate.
  6. Gently place the needle at the start of the disk. You can use the lever on the right to lower the needle or you can just do this by hand.

Drinks

The vintage whiskies are complimentary. Please take the glass with you after use, wash it and return it to the Music Room afterwards for use by the next visitor.

If whisky isn’t to your taste, please feel free to bring your own drinks. There are coasters provided and a towel on the lower shelf of the whisky cabinet in case of accidental spillage.