Wanted Brunswick Ultona sapphire needle

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Willysx1
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Wanted Brunswick Ultona sapphire needle

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Looking for a needle or a picture of the correct sapphire needle for playing Pathé records with a Ultona soundbox.

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Re: Wanted Brunswick Ultona sapphire needle

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What you’re looking for is a shank-mounted sapphire stylus. In the context of old phonographs, the term ‘stylus’ implies a permanent jeweled point. The term ‘needle’ implies an impermanent, disposable point (like a steel needle).
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Re: Wanted Brunswick Ultona sapphire needle

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Thanks for the info. Are they straight or do they have a bend in the shank?

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Re: Wanted Brunswick Ultona sapphire needle

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Bent shanks are for the 1930s-1940s electric phonographs. You need one with a straight shank designed for like the old Pathé phonographs.

I hope your Brunswick still has the collet to screw the new needle into the reproducer.

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Re: Wanted Brunswick Ultona sapphire needle

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I can't find anybody that sells them. Any ideas where they are available at?

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Re: Wanted Brunswick Ultona sapphire needle

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Pathé-disc-sty ... SwnhpdpY6S
If I were working on one of these, I would be using this. Might want to make sure the stylus shank fits in the Ultona but anyway, see how that goes. The seller is a member here & makes a lot of nice stuff.

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