The Talking Machine Forum — For All Antique Phonographs & Recordings

I guess as long as the record is of the common variety its no great loss. Still gives
me shivers to watch it though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m49-D54K ... re=related

Appaling. Why not just find scheme records for one's scheme machine?

Yep, it feels wrong, although I don't care for any Jolson record at all. A more common practice I evenly oppose to is to see such late records being played on steel needle machines. Even if a good reproducer can handle it, it still looks and sounds wrong.

And yes, there are so many of the Standard period records available. Why the heck bother at all?

In remember of someone I was told about who purchased several Elvis 78s, played them with the steel needle and later complained about how poor they would sound after some time.

I guess it's better than the alternative of grinding the spindle down to the normal size
I must admit, if I ever got a Standard or one of the other odd spindle machines, I'd be punching holes in some of my dups so I had something to play on the machine.
Those large spindle hole discs are near impossible to find over here, and I'd hate to think what it would cost me to have 30 or 40 discs shipped from USA, on top of the cost of the discs themselves.
Any decent titles would most likely cost an arm & a leg, and there's only so much dreery sentimental & sacred music one can stand, so I'd definately be reaching for the electric drill

I wonder what recording he destroyed for this demo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_iGLlJc ... re=related

"I shaved a black wax recording..." Not intended for recording in the first place!! This is worse than 'Mr. Know-It-All' on Rocky and Bullwinkle Somebody stop this guy.

OUCH!
With eBays removal of the borders and distances between buyers and sellers how hard can it be to find the appropriate records? If I was interested enough to buy, restore or simply own the machine I would want the records that were made for it as well.
I have two Victor "straight line 1905-1908" records that someone drilled an additional spindle sized hole through. I don't recall which machines required this but what a shame. The only reason I keep them is that the songs are actually really cool...and they were free.

That was very strange. I wouldn't play that era record on such an early machine, and I wouldn't ruin a record to get it to fit on that machine. Granted, the record he ruined was worthless, but I wouldn't do it anyway.

I have a small group of acoustic discs that someone did this to. The only way I can figure out how to get them to play is to place an unmodified record on top of it, place both on the turntable, use the unmodified record as a guide to center the record with the enlarged hole, then lift the unmodified record off, and play the one that's left. Anyone have an easier solution?

Definitely sets my teeth on edge!

Clay

If I had a need to listen to regular records on that machine, I would make an adapter that fits on the machine's turntable or get/make a turntable that fits on the machine that has the smaller center.

Hope I'm not offending any "Standard Fans but to me those old standard machines always sound pretty clunky and the records don't seem to be very well recorded. Neither the records or the machines interest me much.