[78-L] 55 RPM?

[Michael Biel]

On 3/27/2012 10:57 AM, David Lennick wrote:
> P.S. Let me know if you want these, Mike..I have a package going to you and
> I'll just use a different-shaped pizza box.
>
> dl

Yes, they will be good for the information.  And I like pepperoni.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
> On 3/27/2012 9:06 AM, David Lennick wrote:
>> Quiet, isn't it? And the speeds are printed in green directly on the lacquer,
>> in the same style as the green Presto logo. No paper labels, no writing or
>> carving on the discs.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 3/27/2012 1:47 AM, Michael Biel wrote:
>>> This is the last message I've gotten from the list for two days and I've
>>> been wanting to answer it and ask questions, but I don't know if others
>>> have already done so.  So this is in the form of a list test, but also
>>> to say that I have heard rumors of the BBC using 55 RPM.  If there are
>>> no labels, do you mean paper labels and that this form is mechanically
>>> printed on the lacquer?
>>>
>>> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>>>
>>> On 3/25/2012 5:51 PM, David Lennick wrote:
>>>> I've just found a pair of 12" EMIDISC lacquers, no idea of the date but the
>>>> material is somebody's private family recording..what's intriguing is that
>>>> printed on the discs, which do not have labels, are speed options to be
>>>> circled. And the options are 33 and 55. (The discs are cut at 78.) Were there
>>>> disc cutters that operated at 55RPM? I've encountered this speed on a few
>>>> hundred discs cut by a collector in Montreal in the 40s, but I thought he might
>>>> have fiddled to get that speed, to get more onto the discs (some were labelled
>>>> 55, others 56).
>>>>
>>>> dl
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