3/6/2023 0 Comments Little golden records 78 rpmSo if you have any of these that have NOT already been played with a steel needle - don't destroy them by doing so and try to lighten the head up as best as you can. Other materials that will be easily destroyed are the so called SuperFlex style of 78s from the late 40s from such labels as Capitol RCAVictor and Decca which are similar to the Duraplastic but still will not stand up to a POUND of force on a steel needle. The various styrenes are the multicolored Spear/Little John series of 5-inch 78's, most of the LGR 7 inch 45s and six inch and seven-inch 78s from the 50's and 60's along with most of the Mercury Blue Ribbon, red Columbia Playtimes orange and yellow Mercury Childcraft 10-inch 78s and the like (the 45s are modern vinyl) and Peter Pan 45s and 78s on 7-inch and 10-inch which again will be destroyed by one play of a steel needle. Not exactly vinyl, but not styrene either. Other examples of ``duraplastic'' vs styrene are the Simple Simon series of (usually orange label) six-inch 78s and the Robin Hood and Twinkle/Happy Time/Peter Pan type 45s and the 7-inch black plastic Columbia Playtimes with the tan label from the late 30's up to the mid 40's. Little Golden Records.Because any childrens' 45 or 78 from the same period 90% of which are ``duraplastic'' - the LGR 78's from the 40s up to about `54-`55 or so - the rest being brittle styrene or modern vinyl all three of which will get destroyed after one play on a steel needle. Maybe someone else will have a good reason why you would have to use the diamond or sapphire over steel on e.g. The other choice if you can't find that is the sapphires on an offset shank or `` S'' type - sort of reminds you of a 45 RPM adapter in miniature. More than likely though the correct stylus would be closer to the old Astatic sapphire type used by a lot of mfgers like RCA used in their 45 players where a short round metal shank with a flat side extends upwards to be installed behind the thumbscrew, and the actual stylus is mounted on a horizontal metal cantilever a few millimeters in front of the shank and supported by its' own stiffness. These both reduce the tracking force by over half vs the straight-shank sapphires you can get (don't think they come in diamond anymore) and basically convert the tracking style into a more modern/streamlined type of design getting better sound and increasing record life. If it's truly a crystal version of an acoustic gramophone head, the best stylus for those are the ``lambda'' (inverted 7) shaped stylus and nylon shank. various versions of Bakelite (Metrolite Deccalite etc) or vinyl (Vitrolac etc) and will be totally destroyed after just one play.Įven though the cartridge may LOOK the same as something that takes an old steel needle - I'd bet you a dollar to a donut that this was not the case originally. The sapphire and especially diamond needles last MUCH longer and you are supposed to replace the steel needle after every record side that you play.Only play ACOUSTIC 78's (before 1925) with a steel needle because if you play electric 78's of the 40s and especially the 50's, a lot of those were pressed on e.g.
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