[Jukebox-list] Damage to needles playing 78s

[David Breneman]

--- Aaron Heverin <aaron at vertasource.com> wrote:

> Good stuff, David. Thanks! That's pretty much what happened to that
> Little Esther record. You can tell that it was played on a Victrola
> because a phonograph from the late 40s-early 50s would not have
> done the damage that this record is showing. Shame really. It's a
> good tune.

Yeah, I have a copy of Chuck Berry's "Maybelene" on Chess
that's probably V- condition.  It's about half the volume of
any other record on the machine and is just plain *gray*.
The B side is fine.  It was obviously loved to death on 
an accoustic machine.

> I have
> quite a few of the needles should something happen, but I'd hate to
> have to keep some really great music out of the juke just because
> of a few "scratches."

Scratches aren't a problem, but as has been pointed out,
curb-like cracks are.  Styli don't like making that hop.
Lamination cracks usually aren't an issue unless there's
something missing, but with repreated play they'll get
worse.


David Breneman         david_breneman at yahoo.com


 
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