[78-L] VARIABLE MICROGRADE 78 - What dat?

[David Lennick]

Deutsche Grammophon, Polydor, Archiv Productions and Phillips all made these in 
the 50s. Not microgroove, possibly 2-mil. Long sides were possible with tight 
grooving long before this..some V-Discs ran well over 6 minutes, and HMV got 
6'45" onto one side of a string quartet in 1932.

dl

On 5/2/2013 7:36 PM, Ryan Wolfe wrote:
> Yes, that is what it means.    There'll be no problem provided you have the right stylus for it.   And even then, a larger stylus still won't do much damage if you're tracking at a reasonable weight.
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> Perhaps it means variable pitch? Not in the sense of musical pitch, but
> in the number of lines (grooves) per inch?
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> I would not play such a record on your 78 table.
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> joe salerno
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> On 5/2/2013 6:09 PM, Clifford Bolling wrote:
>> Just got a small group of European records, including a 12" DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON that has a banner
>> on the label saying VARIABLE MICROGRADE 78.  Not sure what that means.  Should I play it on my
>> regular 78 turntable?
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>> Thanks!  CDB
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