Warming the cylinders, the way John suggested, does work. However, you must warm the mandrel the same way. I made that mistake many years ago and slipped a warmed cylinder on a colder mandrel only to hear a PING when the cylinder split lengthwise. Also, the warming trick works on original shaved brown wax, but I’m not sure the reaction is the same on newly made blanks.
Have fun! -Scott & Denise Corbett From: Antique Phonograph List [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 12:03 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Query Baout Warming Wax Cylinders for Recording The way it was done at our GPS meeting where we recorded a commemorative brown wax was to hold the blank near a 60 watt bulb in a desk lamp and turn it by hand for a few moments. It was held maybe 3 or 4 inches from the bulb. The resulting recording came out very well. John Robles -------- Original message -------- From: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> Date:02/11/2015 10:43 AM (GMT-08:00) To: [email protected] Subject: [Phono-L] Query Baout Warming Wax Cylinders for Recording Happy Birthday, Mr. Edison!!! I’m getting set up to record wax cylinders on my Edison triumph Phonograph using mainly old cut down Dictaphone blanks of a few jazz musicians at the Thomas Edison Birthday Commemoration Party I’m hosting at 6:30 this evening & would like to know the best way to warm them before recording. Any suggestions? Thanks... Very truly yours, Jim Cartwright IMMORTAL PERFORMANCES, INC “Austin’s Eclectic Used Record Store Since 1971” 1404 West 30th Street Austin, Texas 78703-1402 USA (512) 478-9954 E-mail: [email protected] Image removed by sender.Image removed by sender.
