No problem! For styli, I use Kevin Barrett at KAB: www.kabusa.com
So, THAT'S what the orange chromiums were for! I have seen them but I guess I never noticed any special remarks on packages. Sean -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Wright Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 7:19 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Victor long playing records Sean, thanks for the info. Where do you go for custom stylii? Victor offered "orange-shank chromium-tipped needles" for use with Program Transcriptions ('only!' you know how dramatic Victor advertising was), but we're not having much luck figuring out the exact dimensions of those yet. -Robert > I can only use two clean unworn Victor PTs I own for comparison, but they > seem best with a 2.8 mil stylus. Tried a 2.3 and got swish, the 4.0 gave me > a bit more noise, but it too was decent, I think these were meant to be > played with regular needles. AFAIK Victor (nor anyone else, but correct me > if I'm wrong) at the time was offering special small point needles for > these, unless you consider Tungstones, which were marketed simply for more > permanent use on 78s period. > > Sean _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list [email protected] Phono-L Archive http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ Support Phono-L http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank
