[78-L] Stylus size

[Erwin Kluwer]

Indeed Pathe grooves are so shallow that only a smaller stylus with some
sufficient tracking weight (4-6 gr) will track.  The idea that you need such
a big stylus seems to be inspired from the (huge) original Pathe ball
stylus.....forgetting that the old reproducer used about 150 gram tracking
force or more... Big sized styli fly around everywere when modern
lightweight armes and tracking force are used.

Erwin

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 9:49 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Collector/dealer John Black had a re-tipped Shure "Pathe" stylus (5.5 mil)
> I
> think, which I borrowed. It was also useless. Believe me, the 2.1 Stanton
> TE
> plays them very well.
>
> dl
>
> Erwin Kluwer wrote:
> >>> 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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