[78-L] "New media" for Victrolas?...

[Don Chichester]

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> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 09:57:44 -0400
> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] "New media" for Victrolas?...
> 
> What size stylus tip is best for playing chocolate records?
> 
> dl
> 
> Ron L'Herault wrote:
> > If you really have a special record that you like to play a lot, there is a
> > way to create new ones. Start with a good copy of the disk, the best you
> > can find. You then purchase flexible (usually two-part liquid) impression
> > material and make a mold of the record. You've created a kind of "stamper".
> > You then use a hard epoxy (usually two-part liquid) which you pour into the
> > mold and let cure. Carefully peel off the mold and you will have a playable
> > copy along with a mold to make more. All it takes is time and money, the
> > two ingredients necessary to solve almost all problems. Smooth-on is one
> > company that makes such products. www.smooth-on.com I have not used their
> > products but have seen them used for antique furniture repair (recreating
> > moldings for example). They have a wide range of materials. 
> > 
> > I know the technique works because I have used dental impression material to
> > create chocolate Little Wonder records that play on modern equipment and
> > sound just as good as the original. They taste a lot better.
> > 
> > Ron L
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> > [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Michael Biel
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 3:12 AM
> > To: 78-L Mail List
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] "New media" for Victrolas?...
> > 
> > 
> > You don't need a newly manufactured record, but records in very good
> > condition. As David Lennick indicated, they would probably be be
> > pressed in vinyl which would be utterly destroyed with the first
> > playing. If you just want some old records to play on the machine, they
> > shouldn't be really hard to find. I'm going to the Mechanical Music
> > show in Wayne NJ this Sunday and there will be plenty of them there, and
> > certainly some of the West Coasters here could guide you to places you
> > might find some. But remember, you MUST use a new needle EVERY TIME, or
> > else your records will wear out very fast. Most of us do not play our
> > records on old players unless the records are common, duplicates, or
> > otherwise relatively disposable. Playing records on old players is
> > playing the machine, not playing the record. You do it to hear the
> > machine. If you want to hear the recording, you play it on modern
> > equipment. 
> > 
> > NEVER use old needles you found in the machine because they were all
> > probably used -- unless they came in a needle tin that seems to have all
> > unused needles. There are dealers who sell new needles. If you slowly
> > twirl the needle in your fingers and see light glinting off the point as
> > you turn it, that is light reflecting off of the flattened edges of the
> > worn needle, and these flat edges will tear the records up. Also,
> > unless you are using a late-20s Orthophonic or some other machine
> > designed for playing electrical records, you should only play acoustical
> > records on an acoustical machine. Electrical records will usually be
> > too loud, too bassy, and too shrill, and will wear out faster and
> > sometimes start your reproducer buzzing. You certainly don't want to
> > play anything from the 40s or 50s.
> > 
> > Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:
> >> They'd have to be pressed on shellac or something equally
> >> hard ..ever see what happens to a vinyl disc when you lower
> >> a soundbox with a steel needle into it? dl
> > 
> >> Bruce England wrote:
> >>> Hello:
> >>> I just checked out your 78rpmrecord.com web site, and it's
> >>> very good; interesting and useful!
> >>> What I'm trying to figure out at the moment is if *anybody*
> >>> is pressing new 78's playable on acoustic Victrolas. All of
> >>> the records I have at this point are pretty well worn, and
> >>> it would be way cool to be able to hear fresh grooves for
> >>> a change. Do you have any idea(s)? Thanks and bye for now!
> >>> Bruce England Mountain View, CA
> > 
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