[78-L] Pressing 78 RPM recordings

[Michael Shoshani]

During WW2, they weren't melted so much as pulverized and filtered into
whatever small quantity of new stock was available. I've not seen mention
of this, but I would imagine that part of the reworking process would
involve a pass through strong magnets, to draw out the slight amount of
detritus from the steel needles which, having been ground down/worn while
playing, left bits behind in the groove that could damage the faces of the
stampers.

By all accounts, these reprocessed records sounded dreadful compared to
records made from new raw material.

Michael Shoshani
Chicago


On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 8:49 AM, Ron <ron at roscotron.com.invalid> wrote:

>
> What about melting down old 78's and reusing the material?  Wasn't that
> done
> during WW2??
>
> Ron Roscoe
> Northborough MA
>
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>
> If you're looking for shellac, you won't find it. 78 RPM shellac records
> had
> many other ingredients including cotton flock, rottenstone, and carbon, as
> well as different grades of shellac in the mixture - all carefully
> processed, filtered, processed more, and all done on an industrial scale
> both in raw supplies and in machinery that just doesn't exist anymore. The
> entire infrastructure went into decline in the 1950s, and was moribund by
> the start of the 1960s.
>
> Vinyl is a different story.
>
> Michael Shoshani
> Chicago
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 3:28 AM, Maria Fletcher <
> riajfletcher at gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi list,
> >
> >
> >
> > Does anyone know, anyone, anywhere, that can press a 78 RPM record?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Maria
> >
> >
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