That is why I said "Why not put an H stylus and bar in it?" As long as the reproducer has mechanical freedom it should work very well. Both the C and H styli are sapphire rods with a knob polished in them like a baseball bat. The Columbia is like the early Edison styli, they actually polished a ball shape in the end of the sapphire, Edison later only polished the contact surface. The Model D is the only reproducer I have seen post 1901 that has this early type styli in it. The early B that came out in the summer of 1901 had the surface only polished of the styli. Thanks to Ron L I can send photos of the C and H styli if you want to see how they look large. The H is .017 on the rod and .015 where it is polished and has a contace surface of .0035 like the DD and Dia ABC diamonds. (Thanks to Rob L) Steve
> Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 06:30:37 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Columbia Lyric 4 Min Reproducer > > But an H stylus tip is elliptical and a Columbia stylus tip is round. The H > will only track if it is mounted horizontally, like in the H reproducer. > Mounted in the Columbia bar it would not fit in the groove, would it? > John Robles > > > > ________________________________ > From: Steven Medved <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2012 5:56 AM > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Columbia Lyric 4 Min Reproducer > > > Why not put an H stylus and bar in it? The Columbia Lyric reproducer stylus > and bar is a slightly modified C stylus bar with the early style of Edison > ball stylus so the H bar should fit with no problems. I would put a copper > diaphragm in it as well, that improves the sound if you now have mica. > > > The 2/4 Lyric has a round sapphire rod that was made for celluloid records > and was the typical Columbia design, worse than the Frick 2/4 reproducers he > made using Ediphone bars and styli. > > Over the years I have only seen 2 or 3 of the 2/4 Lyrics on eBay. > > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 22:38:47 -0400 > > Subject: [Phono-L] Columbia Lyric 4 Min Reproducer > > > > > > Anybody have a 4 min lyric reproducer for sale? Or, does anyone know > > ANYBODY that has 4 min styluses (and can install them) in my 2 min lyric? I > > need a stylus that will work for 2-4 min cylinders (Indestructibles or > > Amberolas) similar to an Edison H... any ideas? > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
