[78-L] Stylus size

Ron L'Herault lherault at bu.edu
Tue Mar 9 13:24:02 PST 2010


 I think the Pathe ball is about the same size as a round Columbia stylus
such as is used in their cylinder players that have the stylus on a small
bar that connects to the center of the diaphragm and has a rod and pin
connection to the body of the reproducer.

Ron L

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[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Erwin Kluwer
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>>8 mil stylus which is recommended for Pathés.
I also tried one but they are totally useless for Pathes!!

Erwin
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 7:01 PM, DAVID BURNHAM <burnhamd at rogers.com> wrote:

> What is the largest stylus you have used, David?
>
> And what would be the largest one might imagine using, most extreme
> case? Like for Victor home recordings or such...and Pathes that have a
> wide but shallow groove?
>
> Size really does matter here.
>
> joe salerno
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> The stylus kit I have includes an 8 mil stylus which is recommended for
> Pathés.
>
> db
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