[78-L] Warner"Big Band"set - Go watch it! <vbg>

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 >How many plays would it take to kill a record (wear it out) on that machine?
With a tungstone needle, once would just about do it!
DJD

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-----Original Message-----
From: Robert M. Bratcher Jr. [mailto:bratcher at pdq.net]
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 05:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Warner "Big Band" set - Go watch it! 

At 01:26 PM 12/15/2009, you wrote:>Your machine has some interesting history: it was produced just as >Victor was being acquired by RCA. The record-playing aspect of it >is to be avoided... the arm and horseshoe magnetic cartridge were >record-killers. The original speaker, however, in this unit was >designed by the engineers at Victor Talking Machine Company. It was >far ahead of its time and superior to what RCA used in subsequent >Electrola models.>>J.How many plays would it take to kill a record (wear it out) on that machine? _______________________________________________78-L mailing list78-L at klickitat.78online.comhttp://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l