[Phono-L] Coin machine or jukebox needles?

Can anyone give me the lowdown on jukebox needles? I bought some new old stock Cole's coin machine needles with osmium tips. The package says the needle lasts many plays and doesn't have to be rotated. I'm also curious about the shape of the needle. A couple of millimeters up from the

Re: [Phono-L] Coin machine or jukebox needles?

Thank you, Greg! Are you saying that tungsten wire shaped needles are just clipped lengths of tungsten wire, without a point being formed on them before being used to play a record? Chris Greg Bogantz wrote: Osmium tipped needles were a transitional style. They were the cheapest

Re: [Phono-L] Coin machine or jukebox needles?

Osmium tipped needles were a transitional style. They were the cheapest permanent needle typically marketed in the late 1930s thru the '50s. The more expensive varieties of permanent needles were sapphire or ruby and the most expensive were diamond. People were using record changers and