[78-L] DD metal parts

[Chris Zwarg]

At 17:49 11.10.2008, you wrote:
>Has anyone ever encountered metal parts for diamond discs? For needle cuts?
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>Have any ever been issued?
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>Howabout metal parts for any H/D discs?

A single (1970's?) vinyl pressing of two 1915 Norwegian Pathés (by the legendary Wagnerian opera singer Ellen Gulbransson), that's all I've seen, or heard of, in 25 years of collecting. No idea if the Edison National Historic Site has any Diamond Disc metals; they do have a number of never-processed wax masters, some of which were transferred successfully with a lightweight stylus directly off the wax in recent years. All other DD transfers I know of are from pressings.

Chris Zwarg