Re Thorens, they also make/made music boxes.

There's one good electronics store left in Hollywood, and they have twenty feet of glass cases with vintage stuff in them. Here are two views of a Thorens player that I saw there the other day. These aren't the same one as the room lighting made a photo impossible in that store.







Imagine putting a ten inch record (the standard size back then) onto a 2 1/2" turntable! Heck, maybe it's not even 2" in diameter.