Over the years, I seen various references from the mid-1920s, usually quoting the British The Gramophone magazine about some aftermarket attachment made of rubber tubing that supposedly dramatically improved the tone quality of gramophones called a "lifebelt." I have "goggled" this & found discussions of it from 1926 issues of The Gramophone as well as a photo but the photo is too small to see what the thing is. Can any on the list enlighten me as to what a "lifebelt" actually is, how it works & if it's use results in an actual sonic improvement on acoustic machines? I am always happy to have my antique phonographs perform as well as possible since I play some nearly every day.
Jim Cartwright Immortal Performances, Inc. _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
