4 Sep
2002
4 Sep
'02
10:40 a.m.
I have a fair number of unopened packages of needles in my collection of old
78 stuff. One brand says "Guaranteed to play 10 records" It also had
"Loud"
or "medium" types. The swiss steel ones from Pfanstiehl says 12 or more
per needle. Victor sold chromium ones that were good for 75-100 plays.
Like 33 lps, 78 came ordinarily as 10" or 12" size. Some of the early ones
were single-sided. Early Victor ones were about twice the thickness of the
later 78s.
Lawrence
lgwalker(a)mts.net
bigwalk_ca(a)yahoo.com
From:
"Chad Fernandez" <fernande(a)internet1.net>
William Donzelli wrote:
> You can not reuse needles, nor can you sharpen them. With the
> acoustic-era machines, needles are used exactly *once*. Play the record, then
> pitch the needle. If you reuse needles, you will wreck the records.
>
> Needles are very available from several sources. They are quite
> inexpensive (they have to be!).
>
> William Donzelli
> aw288(a)osfn.org
Hi
The original Edisons all used diamond needles and could
get thousands of plays.
Many of the acoustic setups used cactus needles and one
could sharpen them with a twizzle thing that had sand-paper
to sharpen them.
Dwight