Dear Mr. Wright:
I tried to send an ":e-mail" message to Glen Sage at the address you gave
(www.tinfoil.com) but this address was rejected as invalid.
Is there another address I should try to use to contact Mr. Sage?
Thanks & all good wishes...
Very
truly yours,
Jim
Cartwright
Immort
al Performances
jimcip at earthlink.net
EarthLink Revolves Around You.
> [Original Message]
> From: Robert Wright <esroberto at hotmail.com>
> To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
> Date: 15-Jul-2008 12:59:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Styli
>
> Hi Jim! Kurt Nauck's assistent Brian told me years ago he uses an LP
stylus
> for Pathe's, but when I'm doing restoration work, I get much better
results
> using a 78 stylus. Ideally I'd use a sapphire ball mounted on a modern
> cartridges cantilever (tip mass be damned!), but like you said, Expert's
> prices are hard to swallow, even if the product is worth it.
>
> Modern LP stylii work great for Diamond Discs, and it would be safe to
> assume they'd fit 4M cylinder grooves as well. I can't speak
intelligently
> about the width of 2M cylinder grooves. You might ask Glenn Sage of
> www.tinfoil.com what he uses. Please share with us whatever you find out!
>
> Best,
> Robert
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <jimcip at earthlink.net>
> To: <Phono-L at oldcrank.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 12:40 PM
> Subject: [Phono-L] Styli
>
>
> >A friend has asked me to record electrically some of my vertical-cut
Pathe
> >records & I also want to record electrically Edison Diamond Discs & two
&
> >four-minute cylinders. I have sophisticated equipment for playing 78s
> >electrically (for 17 years I produced a weekly show
> > for the local FM station of Classical 78s) including a Packburn Noise
> > Suppressor which has switch for playing vertical-cut recordings but I
> > need styluses to play Pathe, Diamond Discs, & two & four-minute
cylinders
> > (using a Rabco tangential tracking arm & the mandrel &
> > motor from an Amberola 30) that will fit either a Shure M44 cartridge,
> > Shure M78S cartridge or Shure Model "V" cartridge If any of you all
> > have had experience in electrically-reproducing vertical-cut records of
> > various types & can advise me on sources for such styli I would
greatly
> > appreciate it. (I know of Expert Pickups in England but their prices
are
> > out of this world so I hope to find a more affordable source.0
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Jim Cartwright
> >
> > Immortal Performances
> >
> >
> >
> > jimcip at earthlink.net
> > EarthLink Revolves Around You.
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