I have a number of Albany Indestructible records in my collection, and one had an issue. I was unable to place it on the mandrel of my Edison machine. So to remedy the problem, I removed a good part of the cardboard core, to be able to put the cylinder on my machine. I was able to slide it on, though still a bit snug. The cylinder managed to play just fine. The reason why I did this, was I had another indestructible record where the cardboard had been removed.
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