[78-L] Playing Black Amberols on an Amberola

[David Lennick]

On 2/15/2012 10:37 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
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> On 2/15/2012 5:03 PM, Don Chichester wrote:
>> Why is that?  Wasn't the same doorknob stylus used for all Amberolls, regardless of the compound?
>
> No.  The later Amberolas had a Diamond stylus.  The doorknob stylus was
> sapphire.
>
>>     4 minute is 4 minute, black or blue, right?
>>
>> Don
>>
> Wrong.  While the groove size was the same, the later diamond
> reproducers tracked much too heavily for the brittle wax.  I have an H
> reproducer (with a gearing adapter) on my Edison Home machine for black
> Amberols and an Amberola 30 for the Blue Amberols.  The sapphire on the
> H could get worn by the celluloid Blues.
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com

I got dem ol' celluloid blues again, Momma.

dl

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