I have. They don't work very well. They sound harsh AND dull at the same time, weird as that may sound. They wear too fast and if you get too much wire out, they bend. I doubt they're great for the record groove either, but then I'll never be convinced that any steel needle with a half-pound soundbox on it does zero damage to a record groove.
I get the feeling the dispenser needle was more to appeal to lazy folks than anything, but I could be wrong. best, Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Baron" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 4:14 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Tungs-tone needles > And then, there were the "dispenser" needles where you turned the > little ivory star-wheel to feed a bit of wire down through the > shank. Does anyone have any experience with these? I've always > assumed that this was tungsten wire, but since the needle is so > gimmicky, I haven't counted on the quality of the wire, or other > possible issues such as vibration or distortion from the hardware, > lack of a firm grip, etc. I have one or two of these with plenty of > wire spooled up, but haven't been brave enough to try them out. Has > anyone? > > Andy > > > On Nov 3, 2006, at 2:21 PM, Ron L'Herault wrote: > >> I started to look into it but didn't get far. I guess I just have >> to talk >> to the right machinist. As far as I can tell, a small hole was >> drilled into >> the end of the shank and the wire was inserted and the end of the >> shank was >> then squashed (swaged?) around the wire to hold it in place. It's >> either >> that or a slit was made at right angles to the long axis, the >> tungsten wire >> was placed in the slit and then the slit was swaged down around the >> wire. I >> guess the best way to find out about it would be to look at the >> patents. >> >> Ron L >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:phono-l- >> [email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Richard Rubin >> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 4:10 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Phono-L] Tungs-tone needles >> >> Speaking of needles: Is anyone reproducing Tungs-tone needles >> these days? >> Is so, who, and how much are they? And if not, why not? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> Phono-L Archive >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ >> >> Support Phono-L >> http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> Phono-L Archive >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ >> >> Support Phono-L >> http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ > > Support Phono-L > http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank >
