[78-L] Playing Black Amberols on an Amberola

[Malcolm - Venerable Music]

Thanks Peter! 


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-----Original Message----- 
From: muhrp at suffolk.lib.ny.us 
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 1:06 PM 
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Playing Black Amberols on an Amberola 





Only play the Blue Amberols on an Amberola.  Black wax Amberols
should be played on an outside horn machine with an H or N reproducer,
unless tou have a machine with one of the later combination reproducers
like the O & R.


Peter Muhr 








> Hey Everyone – Quick question about the early Black Edison
Amberol

> cylinders. I recently go my first Polk Miller 4 min cylinder, Bonnie
Blue

> Flag #389.

> When I play it on my Amberola, it plays fine, but when I’m
finished the

> cylinder is covered with a fine black powder that I can only surmise
is

> coming from the grooves of the cylinder!

> Is this normal for the early Black Amberols? Could I have a bad
stylus? Am

> I using the wrong machine? Every other cylinder I have is blue and
appears

> to play fine. I’m a total newbie with Edison stuff and do not
want to be

> doing damage to this cylinder by playing it (which sucks as
it’s such a

> great song).

> Any advice on this is appreciated.

> Thanks,

> Malcolm

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