[78-L] WE disc cutting system

[Doug Pomeroy]

Hi,

There are many others who know more about this than I do, but
here's my understanding:

The long piece of rubber was incorporated to absorb (dampen),
resonances in the arm, which otherwise got reflected into the
cutter head, causing nonlinearities in the recordings.

DOug

> Message: 10
> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:33:46 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Robert M. Bratcher Jr." <rbratcherjr at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] WE disc cutting system,	was Re:  The cylinder is
> 	coming back
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> How did the rubber line work (in the disc recorder) anyway? How was  
> it used &
> what was it for?
>
>
>
>
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> From: Doug Pomeroy <audiofixer at verizon.net>
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> Subject: [78-L] WE disc cutting system, was Re: The cylinder is  
> coming back
>
> The one guy who probably could is Nick Bergh, located in
> Burbank.? He knows as much about the WE cutting systems
> as anyone, anywhere, and he himself owns much of the original
> equipment.? But whether he has a gravity-driven cutter (which
> is what Peer used), I doubt.
>
> Note, Nick can be contacted at the upcoming ARSC conference,
> where he's giving a talk.
>
> Doug Pomeroy
> Audio Restoration & Mastering Services
> (718) 855-2650
> audiofixer at verizon.net
Doug Pomeroy
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