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Post by maroongem on Feb 12, 2007 9:04:05 GMT -5
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Post by rocky on Feb 12, 2007 9:43:48 GMT -5
It's one thing to bid high on a very late BA. However, the seller states "There are no playing issues that I can see." That means that there may be "playing issues" that you can hear, such as poor sound, skips, and more skips!
I like that term......playing issues!
;D
Rocky
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Post by gramophoneshane on Feb 12, 2007 10:32:20 GMT -5
I have to agree Rocky. If I was gonna fork out all that cash for a record, I'd definately want to make sure there were no "playing issues". Imagine receiving it in the mail, putting it on the mandrel and finding it skips- you'd hear me all the way over in the U.S.!
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Post by rocky on Feb 12, 2007 11:29:10 GMT -5
Shane, do you mean that the wind would carry your shrieks of horror across those thousands of miles of ocean?  Rocky |
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Post by maroongem on Feb 12, 2007 12:07:39 GMT -5
I'll tell you why I would never spend this much money on a celluloid cylinder, even if it came out of the old man's butt personally. The other day, I was sitting in the dining room paying bills and I heard "pop" that sounded like it came from one of my cylinder cabinets. Upon investigating, I discovered one of my Harry Lauder cylinders had split the entire length. This was not on a mandrel but in a box!!!
I don't recall this particular cylinder having any prior splits(I usually attend to those immediately)before splitting like a ripe melon. Celluloid shrinks over time, and because it's over a plaster core, it has no place to retreat to as it shrinks.
Thus..........POP!
So, I will spend that much or more on a machine, but never on something as frangible as a BA.
Bill
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Post by rocky on Feb 12, 2007 12:42:45 GMT -5
That's scary, Bill. Was that the first time you ever had a cylinder "pop" like that? You mention that you "attend to splits." What does that mean? You can repair them?
Rocky
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Post by maroongem on Feb 12, 2007 12:56:25 GMT -5
Rocky,
I wish I could repair them, but unfortunately, all I can do is to keep that split from getting any worse. I use a pin vise and a #60 stub drill and drill a hole right at the end of the split. This will stop it from going any further.
Bill
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Post by gramophoneshane on Feb 12, 2007 21:55:01 GMT -5
Shane, do you mean that the wind would carry your shrieks of horror across those thousands of miles of ocean? Rocky I sure do Rocky! But dont worry, because I doubt I'll ever be paying anything like $1000 for a cylinder. I'd much prefer another cylinder machine for that sort of cash! |
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