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

[David Lennick]

Actually it can't have been that bad. This machine was purchased (second hand) 
by my parents for use at music appreciation evenings, as part of a fund-raising 
program, and the records in their collection are still in great shape. By the 
way, I never saw single-play steel needles till recent years..when I was a kid, 
we used RCA Victor Red Seal Needles, which were good for about 10 plays.

dl

david.diehl at hensteeth.com wrote:
>  >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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> From: Robert M. Bratcher Jr. [mailto:bratcher at pdq.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 05:26 PM
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> 
> 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
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