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

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

At 10:53 AM 10/28/2009, you wrote:
>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

Interesting video. Good singing & piano playing too.....