[78-L] Stylus for RCA Home Recording Disc

[David Lennick]

How long were those discs being manufactured? I had a load of about 400 of them 
that had all been purchased and used in Toronto in 1943-44.

dl

On 9/5/2013 4:40 PM, Doug Pomeroy wrote:
> Yes.
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> The one made for me by Expert Stylus Company is 5 mil.
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> Doug Pomeroy
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 23:11:58 -0400
>> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Stylus for RCA Home Recording Disc
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>> At least a 5, I'd say.
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>> dl
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>> On 9/1/2013 7:39 PM, Sammy Jones wrote:
>>> Playing an RCA Home Recording disc with an Eddie Cantor show from December
>>> 1935 tonight.  The largest stylus I have is a 3.25 mil Stanton TE.  The
>>> sound is actually not too bad with some EQ tweaking.  The disc is 12", has
>>> and orange and black RCA Victor star label, and has H-500-3 stamped in the
>>> run-out area.
>>>
>>> Here's a photo:
>>> http://tinyurl.com/q3yphwx
>>>
>>> I'm assuming I need to get a 4 or 5 mil stylus to play this correctly.
>>> Anyone care to share recommendations on success or failure in transferring
>>> these things with variouis stylus sizes?  I need some recommendations before
>>> I drop 165 bucks for a specialty stylus.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Sammy Jones
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