The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

I would think that Kim is using a custom stylus. Kim has been dealing with professional disc recording equipment since the mid-1990s and he’s sold a lot of equipment. Here’s another YouTube video that Kim has posted where he explains the gramophone record that he can provide: https://youtu.be/g7GFcy...

Hi, I’ll second Kim Gutzke of customrecords.com for what you are looking for. A one-off disc is not inexpensive, however Kim offers a disc that will play on an acoustic gramophone. Kim is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He uses a Fairchild 740 Lathe outfitted with a Westrex 3DII cutterhead. ...

Here’s some pages from a 1954 Duotone Phonograph Needle Guide showing cutting needles and disc recording supplies. In the Duotone 1958 guide the disc recording items were gone. Note that the Wilcox-Gay Recordette used a combination recording/playback needle. When the tone arm was raised, the cutting...

I’m kinda late to the party with my post... Here’s an acoustic recording (1911) on Victor Records that has 4 interwoven grooves. Each groove is about a minute long and was probably cut at a pitch of 25 lines per inch. Here’s a link with full details: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/de...

Hi!

I’ve attached a photo of the Rex-O-Kut R-8A amp.
I took this photo while I was rebuilding mine.

Hope this helps you.

Bill