[78-L] Flexo Record questions

[David Lennick]

Some flexible records specified that you needed a USED steel needle!

dl

On 3/14/2014 4:18 PM, Ron L'Herault wrote:
> That was probably play with a steel needle as opposed to an Edison diamond
> or a Pathe hill and dale sapphire.   A new needle may not have been too bad
> but a worn or reused steel needle was probably awful.
>
> Ron L
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> Just acquired my first Flexo Record. This is a 10" record "Recorded and
> Produced by UNITY SCHOOL OF CHRISTIANITY (Record Dept.) 917 Tracy, Kansas
> City, Mo.
>
> Original sleeve too, although it is torn. "Play With New Steel Needle"
> it says, and "Keep Record Lying Flat"
>
> 406-A is A MESSAGE OF JOY In My Neighbor's Garden (Nevin) Piano
> Interpretation by Mrs. Arthur Comstock. 406-B, by the same performer, is A
> MESSAGE OF PEACE Adagio from Sonata Pathetique (Beethoven)
>
> I haven't played it yet.
>
> Is this a vanity record? Why produce a vanity record as a Flexo instead of
> the usual shellac? I assume this is not breakable, and has a  quieter
> surface. Other advantages?
>
> Would a steel needle not wear out such a record? It certainly is soft, and
> apparently warpable, hence the admonition to keep it lying flat. It also is
> translucent, reminds me of a lacquer, except there is no base.
>
> I have a hard time imagining that such a record would survive long under a
> steel needle.
>
> Joe Salerno