[78-L] Dumb Question du jour

Buster Dogfraser busterdog at mac.com
Mon Jul 16 16:43:57 PDT 2012


http://www.clpgs.org.uk/60Hz_phonograph_strobe.htm



On Jul 16, 2012, at 4:37 PM, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:

> Most cylinders are 160 RPM, but early brown wax were 122 then 144.  All
> Blue Amberols -- which is the only thing you can play on an Amberola 50
> -- are 160 rpm.  
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> 
> From: Clifford Bolling <78records at cdbpdx.com>
> 
> 
> Here it is - How many rpm for a cylinder player?  For some reason, I
> always thought it was 78 rpm, but I guess I'm wrong.  My new Amberola 50
> gets about 171 rpm and that is too slow, I think.
> 
> Thanks for not laughing!  CDB
> 
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