[78-L] Cold Shellac

[Steven C. Barr]

From: <marimbamoods at comcast.net>
> interesting thought, Glenn, especially as this is apparently a lacquer 
> disc.
> the fact that this transcription is a glass-based lacquer would explain 
> something i noticed about it. when i unpacked the disc, the first 
> indication i had of the crack was the sound of the two halves rubbing 
> together as i slid it from the sleeve. although i have received cracked 
> shellac 78's in the mail before, the sound this particular rubbing made 
> was something i had never heard before. it had a high-pitched brittle 
> tone, something like fingernails against a blackboard sound. that would 
> seem to corroborate the glass-based lacquer as the substance, and hence 
> the breakage. this is my first disc of that sort, but i have heard of 
> their fragility.
>
Cracked 78's are EASILY identified as such! If one picks up an intact 78 and 
taps it on an outside
edge, one will hear a "bell-like" ring! A cracked record will havea 
"buzzing" tone.

Steven C. Barr