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Yes, I got the Caruso strobe from Aida Favia-Artsay's book some years ago. Affixed to an old beater 78, I use it to lock the turntable in precisely at 78.26 rpm when necessary, but otherwise don't bother with the rest of the strobe bands. Just using ear and maybe a pitch pipe, hoping for the best.transformingArt wrote:I have a 'Caruso Stroboscope' which covers up the speeds from 67.92 through 87.80. I actually posted the photo of it on my HMV 102 portable post I posted recently.
it is very useful for me.
Affixing some reflective tape to a few crappy records is a brilliant idea. I bought one too. I'm waiting for it to be shipped from the US...Brad wrote:I purchased one the units Norman pointed to and finally got a chance to try it today. It works great. I took a 50's crapo record, a delaminating Diamond disc, a moderately moldy 2 minute cylinder and a slightly split Blue Amberol (I.e. nothing worth keeping) and affixed the sticky backed reflective tape to each of them and tried them on several machines. I have always set the speed by ear and I learned I have them all set fast. It seemed that for every one, placing the needle on the record slows things down 1-3 rpm.
This will be an extremely useful tool. Not a bad investment for $17, and it arrived in the mail in 2 days.
Thanks for the pointer Norman!