[78-L] Wax!

[David Lennick]

Michael Biel wrote:
> Kristjan Saag wrote:
>> A newsreel from 1949 about production of shellac records in Germany.
>> http://www.teledb.com/4/wdsMb1pwJEw/0/0/-herstellung-einer-schellackplatte.html
>> Made from wax masters. I've heard of late use of wax masters in Britain and 
>> Sweden as well. Was there any particular reason to continue with wax almost 
>> 20 years after the introduction of acetates?
>> Kristjan 
> 
> Wax was easier to cut than LACQUERS, and the styli used to cut lacquers 
> required burnishing facets (invented by Isabel Capps) and heated styli 
> for best results.
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com 

Some folks just don't like to change to new-fangled inventions. The CBC 
Archives was still cutting lacquers for its "preserve forever" copies as late 
as 1967. Microgroove yet.

dl