[78-L] Cutting Decelit (or lacquer?) disc on vintage equipment

[Michael Biel]

From: "Milan P Milovanovic" <milanpmilovanovic4 at gmail.com>
>> Demonstration video clip in German (by Claus Peter Gallenmiller and Ulrich Illing):
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbekimMfqmY

From: "Milan P Milovanovic" <milanpmilovanovic4 at gmail.com>
> yesterday I found this interesting clip - contemporary demonstration
> video clip in German (by Claus Peter Gallenmiller and Ulrich Illing):
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbekimMfqmY
> Pardon me, but I can't identify blank? It looks like nitrate/lacquer
> with aluminum core, not Decelit what I've been expected for cutter
> machine such as this (German production, around 1937.)... Any thoughts?
> Regards,  Milan Milovanović

Blow it up to full-screen and look at the label very carefully,
especially after he removes the holddown for a few seconds.  It looks
like a Decelit label to me.  As he holds it before putting it on the TT
it is also notable that the label area is very dull.  The reflection
seen on the disc also distorts for a second, indicating it is flexible. 
I think the edge of the disc is a little deteriorated which makes a
little bit of reddish show.  

Also, I have posted this comment:  "It is interesting that we did not
get a payback of the disc.  we have no way of knowing if the machine was
recording correctly or just cutting a blank groove.   Can a playback be
posted?   Also, the title of this film is incorrect.  This is not a
shellac disc.  It can't be.  It is either a nitrate cellulose lacquer
disc, or a plastic Decelith."

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com