Steve Noreen can you send me your new email address thanks From [email protected] Mon Mar 10 05:22:22 2008 From: [email protected] ([email protected]) Date: Mon Mar 10 06:34:51 2008 Subject: [Phono-L] Shellac records and damage from steel needles Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Robert, There were indeed 12 inch Edison needle cut discs issued. The Roth String Quartet set of two discs is one example, I believe the Giovanni Martinelli needle cut issue was also a twelve inch disc. Hope this helps. Sean Original Message: ----------------- From: Robert Wright [email protected] Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:48:17 -0500 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Shellac records and damage from steel needles It would stand to reason that once Edison had started manufacturing needle-cut discs, an adapter would've followed. What I don't know is when the needle-cuts began coming out, or if there were any 12" needle-cuts issued. I bring up the 12" issues because Edison himself doesn't seem like the type who would EVER have designed and issued an adapter to play anyone else's records (even if the company issued one in 1914), and if the later needle-cut adapter (assuming that's what it is) was designed to play a series of records that were never issued in 12" size, then perhaps there's no reliable way to use this later adapter to play anything but 10". Just throwing some ideas out there. Best, Robert ----- Original Message ----- > Hi Jim, > The reproducer you describe was made for the early "uncatalogued" > needle-cut > portables and is a beautifully made reproducer. The machines themselves > were made by the "Prime" manufacturing Co. and I think the reproducer was > certainly Edison-made. But I was not aware that the Edison Co. actually > made the > adapter to enable needle-cut records to be played on a diamond disc > machine. > There was an adapter made by Edison in 1914 as noted in Frow's book but > it > apparently was removed after 1 year. And the reproducer that you > describe > wasn't made until 1928 or 1929. A picture of your adapter and box would > be > great. It would be very interesting to see whether Edison created another > adapter > in 1928 or later. > > ---Art Heller _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft? Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange
