With all due respect to your old-time collector friend, Rick, he may have been the victim of some misinformation that he may have passed along, I'm afraid. For one thing, the resulting sound quality was just fine on universal cut records (my E+, rarely-played 9" Emersons sound fabulous), which have label markings referring to the Smallwood 45 degree angle cut patent, #639452, without exception. They just didn't last very long in normal use is all, indeed, because the angle of the cut was uneven and unable to withstand even stylus pressure from either soundbox position. But for another, more importantly, I'll have to see it with my own eyes before I'll believe that both Allan Sutton and Kurt Nauck are wrong when they say the existence of universal cut Crescents remains unconfirmed, while this gentleman claimed to have several. (Nothing personal, I assure you!) Misinformation about such a small, obscure company is certainly easy to find and difficult to correct when most of us have had to simply fill in the holes as we went (until the internet came along, at least).
Best, Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 8:56 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Crescent Phonograph Info > Dear Friends, > We have one of the odd-ball Crescent records that can be played either > vertically or laterally. I learned from an old-time record collector who > had > several that they were made that way on purpose. He claimed that they were > cut > on a 45 degree angle. However the resulting sound quality was not good for > any > length of time due to the conflicting groove design. Either way the > grooves > wore quickly enough to detract from the sound. > > Rick A. Jorgensen > 18021 - 150th Avenue East > Orting, WA 98360 USA > > _"OLD MUSIC at AMERICAN GRAMOPHONE & WIRELESS Co._ > (http://members.aol.com/AGW1886/) > http://members.aol.com/AGW1886/ > > _GOLDEN ERA AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION_ > (http://members.aol.com/AGW1888/geaahome.htm) > http://members.aol.com/AGW1888/geaahome.htm > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ > > Support Phono-L > http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank >
