>Ron L. : That's a very good way to do it. Now all you need are some decent blanks!!
Chuck > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [POSSIBLE SPAM] Re: [Phono-L] Query Baout Warming Wax >Cylinders for Recording >Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 03:23:36 +0000 > >>I made a framework to suspend one of those old style headboard lamps >with a long bulb in it over my Home for recording. To warm the >cylinder, I put on the light and use the brake to adjust speed so the >cylinder turns slowly under the light, like a rotisserie. >> >> >> >>Ron L >> >> >> >>From: Antique Phonograph List [mailto:[email protected]] >>Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 9:23 PM >>To: 'Antique Phonograph List' >>Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Query Baout Warming Wax Cylinders for >Recording >> >> >> >>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 Im 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!!! >> >> >> >>Im 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 Im >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 >> >>Austins 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. >> >>Image removed by sender. >> >> >> >> $4.95/mo. National Dialup, Anti-Spam, Anti-Virus, 5mb personal web space. 5x faster dialup for only $9.95/mo. No contracts, No fees, No Kidding! See http://www.All2Easy.net for more details! _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
