[78-L] Playing old discs with old sets (was: Warner"Big Band"set - Go watch it! <vbg> )

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

At 01:07 AM 12/16/2009, you wrote:
>  We've used tungs-tone needles before, and never noticed signs of wear
>(black stuff on the needle, for instance)
>
>Considering all the very many near-pristine Red Seals out there, either they
>were never played or needle-changing was religiously followed.

I suspect they were rarely or never played.


>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 12:32 AM
>Subject: Re: [78-L] Warner"Big Band"set - Go watch it! <vbg>
>
>
> > 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