[78-L] Playing Black Amberols on an Amberola

[bruce78rpm at comcast.net]

It would help to know which Amberola Phonograph you are playing it on. I have an early model 1A with a combination two stylus M reproducer designed to play both 2 minute Black Wax as well as 4 minute black wax. This replaced the earlier model L reproducer which could play only the 4 minute black wax cylinders. 

Bruce 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Malcolm - Venerable Music" <malcolm at venerablemusic.com> 
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com 
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 12:40:21 PM 
Subject: [78-L] Playing Black Amberols on an Amberola 

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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