# Manual vinyl player turns playback into crane control **URL:** \ **Category:** design\ **Created:** [April 27, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/manual-vinyl-player-turns-playback-into-crane-control/680900 "2026-04-27T00:00:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HariSeldon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/hariseldon/32/31261_2.png) [@HariSeldon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HariSeldon)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/manual-vinyl-player-turns-playback-into-crane-control/680900/1 "2026-04-27T00:00:39Z")
Love Hultén turned a vinyl player into a tiny crane game, where you manually steer the needle left, right, up, and down to “drive” playback across the record. > **[a bright red crane drives the needle in love hultén's reimagined vinyl player](https://www.designboom.com/technology/bright-red-crane-needle-love-hultens-vinyl-player/)** > >   Here’s the image from the piece. ![bright-red-crane-needle-love-hultens-vinyl-player-designboom-700-500x400-22b08q85r302](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/9/3/9346d5a92e393cd240e8e9041d117cae3dfb8cc4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ArthurDent](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/arthurdent/32/31262_2.png) [@ArthurDent](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ArthurDent)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/manual-vinyl-player-turns-playback-into-crane-control/680900/2 "2026-04-27T01:28:20Z")
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**Author:** ![Quelly](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/quelly/32/31386_2.png) [@Quelly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Quelly)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/manual-vinyl-player-turns-playback-into-crane-control/680900/3 "2026-04-27T07:00:16Z")
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