19 I just found some 'thick' records. How can I play them?
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This article is from the Antique Radios And Phonographs FAQ, by Hank van Cleef vancleef@netcom with numerous contributions by others.
19 I just found some 'thick' records. How can I play them?
Many people think that the standard
78 record is 'thick.' However, the really thick records
were made by Thomas Edison and are called Diamond Discs.
They were made from 1912 until Edison closed his phonograph
business in 1929, one day before the stock market crashed.
In their time, these were the premium records. Do NOT
try to play a diamond disc record with a Victrola steel
needle machine. It will ruin the record and it will not
play. The DDs were recorded vertically, using the hill and
dale method. They were played with a special diamond needle.
You can play such records today at 78 rpm on with a stereo
catridge using either the LP needle or a 78 (3 mil) needle.
Or, better yet, such records still work fine with an
Edison machine.
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