[78-L] Getting needled

[David Lennick]

The disc may also need cleaning..Victrolac pressings often show up with a filmy 
gunk all over them. 2.5 mil is the perfect stylus size, and don't be afraid to 
track heavy (unless you're using one of those girly cartridges or the N78S that 
are useless at anything heavier than 1 gram).

dl

Royal Pemberton wrote:
> Slightly smaller than a 78 stylus....2.5 mil is approximately what they used
> with transcriptions.  An LP stylus won't harm anything, it just won't sound
> very good.
> 
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:
> 
>> I just got a 1934  33 1/3 transcription (inside out) on the "Titan Library
>> Service" label from San Francisco.
>>
>> The label instructs me in no uncertain terms to "Use Chromium Yellow Shank
>> Long Playing Needles on this record."
>>
>> I've looked all over the house,  garage,  glove box in the car,  etc.  and
>> I'm fresh out of those things...whatever the hell they are.
>>
>> Would it be OK to use a modern LP stylus or will I ruin the olde diske?  I
>> tried it with the 78 stylus and it sounded crappy although the music is
>> fantastic (one side is the legendary Williams-Walsh Hotel Mark Hopkins
>> Orch.).
>>
>> Any of you techies able to advise me on this?
>>
>> Many thanks from
>>
>> Taylor
>>
>>