[Jukebox-list] Why the saphire needles?

[David Breneman]

--- Ron Rich <ronnnrich at yahoo.com> wrote:

>   Are you sure ?  I have know a whole bunch of cheap operators--I
> think at least a few of them would have filed down bamboo to save a
> penny--Ron Rich

If you can even find them nowadays, bamboo needles are
pretty expensive, although I heard at one point someone
was making new ones.  They have to be sharpened after
every play, in a device sort of like a cigar cutter, and
so of course they get shorter with every play.  They
do give a pleasant soft tone on accoustic machines, but
they're high-maintenance.  In Britain, thorn needles 
were popular for the same reasons - but you can't sharpen
them.  Dispose after one play, like steel needles.



David Breneman         david_breneman at yahoo.com


       
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