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Post by keith1954 on May 29, 2014 10:57:08 GMT -5
Recently I added an elbow to play vertically cut records to my giant clutter pile of stuff. It fits my Victor V very nicely, holding the sound box a good angle to play Edison and Pathe records, using appropriate styli of course. This set up can't compare to an Edison DD player in good condition, but it's really okay.
Any thoughts on these adaptor elbows? As in what do most collectors call them? Do they damage the records? I'd really appreciate hearing opinions.
Thanks,
Keith
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Post by lucius1958 on May 31, 2014 2:49:40 GMT -5
Well: as long as the tone arm moves freely, it will do a good job on Pathé and other verticals…
As for Edisons, some have thought that the side pressure on the groove walls (from the absence of a mechanical feed) might contribute to wear (at least the Edison Company was adamant about playing DDs only on Edison Phonographs): but I do not know whether anyone has conducted a rigorous test of this assertion…
BillS
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Post by keith1954 on Jun 16, 2014 11:05:12 GMT -5
I've had no trouble playing Pathe records at all. Diamond Discs can be a bit dicey. They can be difficult to start, on the more worn discs the needle has a tendency to skate across the record. ALso at the end the needle will skate to the opposite side. It only does this on the few DD's that I inherited from my grandparents. These records weren't cared for very well. Te DD's in good shape are no trouble at all to play.
I can see why Edison didn't want his records played on anything other than an Edison machine.
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