In a message dated 10/21/2009 6:23:51 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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What do I do with the old ones? Does anyone recycle them or should I just
toss them?

-- Tom Fine
For $1500 I can provide a machine that takes a worn needle and restores the
 tip.
 
 
 
 
 
8>)
 
Don Chichester
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



----- Original Message -----
From: "David Breneman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Victrola needles


> --- On Tue, 10/20/09, Danger <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> http://www.antiquephono.com/ change
>> needle every 2 to 3 disks
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Danger
>
> Fascinating advise from an entity identifying itself
> with such a moniker. If you are cheap, (like me) and
> are playing records in v+ condition or less, you can get
> by with rotating the needle 180 degrees for a second play.
> But, if you leave the needle *in place* for a second play,
> by the end of that play it will be building up shoulders,
> and the tip, now unseated in the groove, will be
> careening from side to side against the groove walls.
> By a third play, if you're so deaf that you can tolerate
> the degradation in sound quality, you'll be repaid
> with a record that has suffered serious damage.
>
> Sign this missive -
>
> - "Safety" :-)