Hi Greg, I am certain that you have seen the grooves on a regular 78 rpm record. These are about the same size as a 4 minute cylinder grooves. Have you ever seen a Pathe record that is played with a Ball stylus? These are close to the size of a two minute record.
On a 4 minute the grooves are 200 per inch and you cannot clearly see the groove bottoms, with a two minute record the grooves are 100 per inch and you can clearly see the bottom of the groove where the sound is. If anyone does not agree, please let me know. Thanks, Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 10:18 PM Subject: [Phono-L] 2 Minute Education > I have a 2 minute only Edison Standard in my collection. I recently > picked up a Columbia Eagle B; also 2 minute only. I would like to > purchase some additional 2 minute cylinder recordings but I am confused > as to how I can distinguish them from the 4 minute records. They are not > always properly identified on eBay. It's very confusing. > > I know that all Blue Amberols are 4 minute. I need an easy and > fool-proof way to identify 2 minute records. E.g., are all "Gold > Moulded" records 2 minute? > > > > Greg > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.oldcrank.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com >
