Chris, These holes look indeed different than the ones I used to find
sometimes on black wax cylinders. The usual holes are, to what I was to
figure out, caused by the collapse of the wax surface when tiny bubbles
are underneath it. You can see this sometimes on broken black wax
cylinders, both 2-minute and 4-minutes.
The holes on your cylinder do not have an uncommon size though. It's
just the large group of them what looks suspicious. A regular stylus
should even be able to play over such an area, especially when you are
using a Model B reproducer which has a bullet sapphire instead of the
doorknob of a C.
As Steven pointed out, candle wax could actually do but it can be sticky
and, as a worst case, can mess up your stylus that has to cleaned then.
I had good success with filling comparable holes with modelling wax (for
wood restoration) with a wooden toothpick. It takes a lot of time and
you should have the cylinder on the mandrel to give it a better support
while applying the wax.
Norman
Chris Kocsis wrote:
I just got a cylinder I won on eBay (Edison 9100, Bob Roberts'
Everybody Works But Father) to replace mine that cracked. It was
advertised as in excellent + condition, and as I pulled it out of its
sleeve it looked like it was. But as I turned it to examine it
closely, I found a strange, almost patterned number of deep circular
pits among the grooves. I'm afraid to play it in case the stylus
catches in these holes and gets ripped out. I'm attaching a picture.
I would appreciate advice (as well as any information on how these
holes could have formed -- I'm not an experienced collector, but I've
never seen anything like them before).
Many thanks,
Chris
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