[78-L] Old Geezers

[David Breneman]

 From: Ron L'Herault <lherault at bu.edu>

>  ...If
> you are playing an electrically recorded record on an acoustical
> (non-Orthophonic/Vivatonal/Panatrope), a practice you should avoid, at least
> use a soft tone needle to minimize wear to the grooves.   Your playback
> machine should have a rebuilt reproducer with the right gaskets so that
> compliance will be at its best.  The arm should move freely both laterally
> and up and down...

A *really* good rule of thumb is to never play a record on a machine
that is older than the record.