[78-L] Clamp them records down, boys

[Royal Pemberton]

Has anyone tried the clothespin-on-the-spindle approach suggested by Brian Rust?

>From the AMERICAN RECORD LABEL BOOK:  '(HOTWs) usually have to be
clamped to the turntable by means of a clothespin or some similar
device, to keep them from riding up and throwing the pickup arm off
the record.  For best results, I suggest pasting the record to a
conventional shellac 78 of no value.  This assures a surface flat
enough for satisfactory playing, and is permanent.'

On 4/24/09, Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> Steven C. Barr wrote:
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>>>> Success! I finally found a way to hold down a warped 4-inch Durium
>>>> Advertising
>>>> Record long enough to play it all the way through (the Chevrolet "Great
>>>> American Value for 1932" disc which is major warped). And believe me, I
>>>> tried
>>>> all sorts of things, including Scotch Removable Magic Tape (doesn't
>>>> damage
>>>> the
>>>> surface of the disc, but also doesn't hold onto it for more than thirty
>>>> seconds). Rummaging through the drawers, I found an old rubber reel
>>>> clamp
>>>> (Realistic)..had to trim a good quarter inch around the circumference,
>>>> but
>>>> it
>>>> clamps onto the turntable spindle and holds the record flat. Yippee!
>>>>
>>>> (Now I can get a decent transfer of it and sell it to the next poor
>>>> zhlub
>>>> and
>>>> let him try and figure how to play it.)
>>>>
>>> I always used to use a VERY large (and thus very heavy...!) hex nut I
>>> found
>>> laying on my street! I suspect (but never verified) it had served as a
>>> "lug
>>> nut"
>>> on a large "semi-truck" until it fell off...! In any case, the weight
>>> held
>>> the record
>>> on the TT...!! (and the hole allowed for the centre spindle...!)
>>>
>>> ...stevenc
>>>
>>> ______________________________________
>>
>> I was looking around for something like that..even tried a whole pile of
>> metal
>> "spiders" which are fairly heavy but not enough to keep the disc from
>> rising.
>> The other issue was size, since the non-grooved area of this disc is less
>> than
>> two inches and enough room had to be left for the cartridge and stylus.
>> Not
>> like the old days when a steel needle didn't need that much clearance..
>>
> Well, the hex nut was about 2" in "diameter"...worked GREAT with HOW's,
> even the little ones...but not heavy enough for warped 10" 78's!!
>
> ...stevenc
>
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