OT: dumpster dive and water/mold cleanup

From: Dwight K. Elvey <dwightk.elvey_at_amd.com>
Date: Wed Sep 4 13:27:00 2002

>From: "Chad Fernandez" <fernande_at_internet1.net>
>
>William Donzelli wrote:
>> You can not reuse needles, nor can you sharpen them. With the
>> acoustic-era machines, needles are used exactly *once*. Play the record,
>> then pitch the needle. If you reuse needles, you will wreck the records.
>>
>> Needles are very available from several sources. They are quite
>> inexpensive (they have to be!).
>>
>> William Donzelli
>> aw288_at_osfn.org
>
>Wow, that is something I didn't know. I have zero knowledge on acoustic
>era anything :-)
>
>That would be a pain.
>
>Chad Fernandez
>Michigan, USA


Hi
 The original Edisons all used diamond needles and could
get thousands of plays.
 Many of the acoustic setups used cactus needles and one
could sharpen them with a twizzle thing that had sand-paper
to sharpen them.
Dwight
Received on Wed Sep 04 2002 - 13:27:00 BST