[78-L] Steel needles

[Dave Burnham]

You've got me there!  I didn't know they made special players for Vdiscs

db

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> On Aug 21, 2016, at 10:46 PM, Rodger Holtin 78-L <rjh334578 at gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
> 
> 
> So, OK, how far back was that?  Prewar?
> 
> On a related topic what kind of needles were used on Vdisc players?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone, which explainz any bad typjng and nonsensical word choices.
> 
>> On Aug 21, 2016, at 9:30 PM, Ron L'Herault <lherault at verizon.net.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Rodger Holtin 78-L
>> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2016 9:29 PM
>> To: 78-List
>> 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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