[78-L] changing steel needle to sapphire

[Ron L'Herault]

Not a real modification. He just put a sapphire tipped needle in the rebuilt
cartridge in place of a steel needle.

Ron L

-----Original Message-----
From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Mike Mc Cormick
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 5:44 PM
To: 78-L Mail List
Subject: [78-L] changing steel needle to sapphire

Hello,

I'm thinking a little bit about bidding on a little1948 Garod 78rpm 
record player/AM radio on Ebay.
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The seller has modified the tonearm to use sapphire needles instead of  
steel.

My question is whether this type of modification was done fairly often 
by owners of such players back 1940s?

Or was such modifications extremely rare way back then?

Thanks, Mike



 
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