[78-L] Wax!

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

At 05:46 PM 11/27/2009, you 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

Nice clip. Too bad I don't speak German, Oh & I had no idea that wax 
blanks were so thick. Why is that?