[78-L] Steel needles

[Ron L'Herault]

I think they came in around the same time that the rochelle salt crystal
pick ups came in.   The lighter pick ups would have made the use of a slow
wearing stylus possible.

Ron L

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[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Rodger Holtin 78-L
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2016 9:29 PM
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Subject: [78-L] Steel needles


I know that up through the Orthophonic Victrola and earliest Electrola
models the old straight shank steel needles were the standard.  

At what point did they introduce the "semi-permanent" needles that I
remember from the early Fifties?  They looked kinda like a dog leg and I
wore out a lot of them. When the record sounded fuzzy it was time to change
the needle. 

Still have many of the records I played that way and I assume only the
lighter weight of the pickups then was my only saving grace or they'd surely
have been ruined and they aren't. 

Rodger

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choices.
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