Links

[Steve E.]

Here are some links and contacts for you:

Buy lacquers (blanks/acetates) and styli from this company. Labels, too!
http://www.apollomasters.com/

This man, Gib Epling, fixed my crystal driven Wilcox-Gay Recordio home 78 burner! He's great, has good supplies, and is a major inspiration for this site.
http://www.west-techservices.com/
He posts here once in a while as "cartridge-repair".


History of Recorded Sound, run by Len Horowitz:
(Len has been incredibly helpful and supportive of this site.)
http://www.hrsrecords.com/


Mr. Kim Gutzke has been very helpful. This is his business:
http://www.customrecords.com/


Al Grundy's business is International Cutterhead. He rebuilds Neumann heads and sets up systems.
His cellphone number is 917-213-0741. He operates out of New Jersey and Long Island,
but when I talked to him he had just returned from setting up a system in Europe.
He used to be the president of the Audio Engineering Society (AES).
(He generally doesn't deal with lower-end stuff, which, for him, includes Presto.)


Alan Graves' Presto history page
http://www.prestohistory.com/ [Updated May 2015 from http://www.televar.com/grshome/Presto.htm]
He sells an extensive selection of literature for Presto equipment. For a few dollars, you get a beautiful copy of the manual or schematic you need.

Contact him through "Rainy Day Patterns":
http://www.televar.com/grshome/Rainyday.htm

RAINY DAY PATTERNS,
5365 Cobblestone Lane,
Eugene, OR 97402
(541) 344-2326
1-888-575-6312
FAX: (541) 344-1562


The band Nautical Almanac inspired the name of this site. They are a band, they experiment with lathe cutting, and they also have a CD duplication service.
http://www.heresee.com/


Chris Butler's album, "The Museum of Me," was recorded using only archiac technologies.
http://www.nutscape.com/ChrisButler/ffm.htm


This internet friend of mine, Amishman35, is a remarkable inventor in the Victrola realm. His interest in (obsession with?) the Amish, Victrolas and Middle Earth cross paths in endlessly inventive and fascinating ways:

http://www.halfbakery.com/user/Amishman35

His wind-up Victrola bomb makes me nervous, but I adore the Mithril Credenza!!!!

http://www.amish.classicalgasemissions.com/swordart2.html

His whole site is amazing. I have to post a few extra links to him. He experiments using a soundscriber dictation machine.

http://www.amish.classicalgasemissions.com/soundscriber.html

This is "the most cheaply made record player, the Destruct-O-Phone", which Amishman made out of a piece of paper and a sewing needle.
http://www.amish.classicalgasemissions.com/builda.html


If I had a link for Peter Dilg's acoustic recording work I would post it. He doesn't seem to have his own site, though many other sites refer to his work. He has a record label called Wizard that puts out new cylinders for old players. He is an astounding resource on the earliest recording techniques.

his email: Verticalcut@earthlink.net
An article by him with more info:
http://www.capsnews.org/apn2008-6.htm



Tape Op magazine:
http://www.tapeop.com/


The Steve Hoffman Forum. Emphasis on non-maximilized, non-noise-reduced LP & CD mastering. Fun!!!!
http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/


A recording forum:
http://www.recording.org/index.php


[outdated links follow:]

Bruce Leslie of Pro Recording Service of Ohio rebuilds cutting heads. No website, but his number is:
216-662-1435
Pro Recording Service
EDIT...sad to say, evidence strongly suggests that Bruce is no longer with us. https://lathetrolls.com/viewtopic.php?t=1011

This is another record cutting forum:
http://www.andybeemusic.de/phpBB/

http://www.transcousa.com/lds.html

[Steve E.]

This one's pretty funny, yet quite useful. It's flash demonstrations of record cutting principles in very odd Germanic English that a 6 year old could follow.

http://www.vinylrecorder.com/faq.html

"With exact stylus temperature
noise can get reduced enormous!"

Actually, this is an interesting-looking product:
http://www.vinylrecorder.com/

It would appear to be a cutting lathe that straps to your turntable? I'm gonna start a thread on it.

[Steve E.]

Two of the freakiest records in my collection are called RRR-100 and RRR-500. They are a 7" and 12", respectively, of 100 and 500 locked grooves. Amazing.

They were mastered by Paul Brekus at Aardvark. It's a good site with lots of info on the process:

http://www.aardvarkmastering.com/


The compilation was put together by Ron Lessard or Emil Bealeau at RRR records out of Lowell, MA. I can't find the records on their site. I also have a single by Emil where he "covers" Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll" by cutting it into a 45 with zigzagging and double-cut grooves. It plays differently each time. It sounds like he's singing along with the record, and maybe the other set of grooves is a the sound of a washing machine?

http://www.rrrecords.com/

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Site with some nice explanations of the cutting process:

http://www.sickoftalk.com/whyvinyl.html

[cementimental]

His whole site is amazing. I have to post a few extra links to him. He experiments using a soundscriber dictation machine.
http://www.geocities.com/amishfan/

ha, that guy's site and ideas are superb!

[cementimental]

Two toy recording kits avaliable from japan. These won't make anything playable on a real record player, but look like a lot of fun!

Links to HLJ.com which seem to be the cheapest place to buy them, shipped from Japan

Emile Berliner Gramophone

Invented in 1887 by Emile Berliner, the gramophone was a huge leap in recording technology, and "record disks" are still in use today! This kit allows you to build your very own gramophone, which will let you record and play back your very own record disks! Everything you need for the gramophone is included; you need only provide the labour and 2 size C batteries, cellophane tape, a Phillips' head (+) screwdriver, and scissors. Use various materials as disks -- the lids from cup-noodle bowls, old CD-ROMs, plastic file folders, glossy paper -- see which ones work, and which ones don't! A fun experiment for the entire family!

(- mine is on it's way! ^_^)

Cup Phonograph Kit in Edison Style
RECORDS ON PLASTIC CUPS!!!!

Use the same technology that Thomas Edison used, to record your own voice on a plastic cup -- and play it back! Replacing Edison's waxed pipe and stylus, the kit uses a plastic cup and a needle, but the end results are the same. Everything you'll need to put the kit together, including a motor, battery box, plastic cups, and even a needle, are included; you need only to provide a Phillips' head (+) screwdriver, cellophane tape, scissors, and one size D alkaline battery. A fabulous experiment for the whole family!

[ameisevinyl]

check out:

http://www.vinylium.ch

they sell the famous and neumann sx74-like SC99

as well as the kingston record cutter

if you wanna go for lowbudgetstuff/nobudgetcutters

check out:

http://www.floka.com (somewhere under projects...)

you can get the good japanese EMDIC/micropoint laquers at

http://www.estemac.de (although quite expensive)

if someone got the contact information for emdic-laquer vendor in japan,
let me know!

[motorino]

how to made a dub? a cut? a platting? pressing?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUGRRUecBik&search=How%20Vinyl%20Records%20Are%20Made%20Part

second part

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IReDh9ec_rk&search=How%20Vinyl%20Records%20Are%20Made%20Part

[cuttercollector]

I suppose people here know about this site?

http://www.prestohistory.com

[thomas]

A beautiful extreme of an already difficult process.

http://www.cedmagic.com

http://www.video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6915995168252564491

[Steve E.]

Vinyl-oriented singles label:

http://www.whatsyourrupture.com/

[Osmose]

Awesome...Alan cut some acetates for me back in 2000 & 2001. Glad to hear he's still kick'n it!

[thomas]

Glimpses of the EMI 1400's and picture discs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRTpwsmidAg

[thomas]

Steve at Rainbo. Lened's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAAzyvK9yiw

[Simon]

You need to post these two in reference - not this section m8

[thomas]

Simon hello,

Yeah, I followed the lead of the previous poster, now I am stashing all my link postings here for continuity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZF-Fx4AkBM

[drdub]

i am still compiling a youtube channel with vinyl related vids.

also check out our new stupid video here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrsqw-60PUs

next to the video there's a link to the channel:

http://www.youtube.com/vinylrecording

cheers mex

[drdub]

am still compiling a youtube channel with vinyl related vids.

also check out our new stupid video here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrsqw-60PUs

next to the video there's a link to the channel:

http://www.youtube.com/vinylrecording

cheers mex

[motorino]

the pope and the sant up the vms panel control

with cigarrette, of course

very goood video!

[drdub]

YES, we do SMOKE and
YES, we do DRINK !

[thomas]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7973950.stm

It is worth it, wait for commercial to finish.

I admire this plant.

Not going to point everything out, just glossing over.

7" being made on 12" die, there is always a reason.

Dehorning.

The dies, load station, the carriage, hyd. on cast platen, trim station and sleeve station.

What you do not see.