scully LS-76 Nr. 666
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scully LS-76 Nr. 666
hello
just curious if someone on this list has the
Scully LS-76 "the lathe"
Serial Nr. 666 ?
i got nr. 660 and numbers below where made for sure.
not sure where they started with serial numbers and where they stopped.
just curious and i would love to get a picture for my collection.
i guess if it really exists it must belong to a death metal studio.
just curious if someone on this list has the
Scully LS-76 "the lathe"
Serial Nr. 666 ?
i got nr. 660 and numbers below where made for sure.
not sure where they started with serial numbers and where they stopped.
just curious and i would love to get a picture for my collection.
i guess if it really exists it must belong to a death metal studio.
Re: scully LS-76 Nr. 666
it would only be right! hahaflozki wrote: i guess if it really exists it must belong to a death metal studio.
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- Infrasonic Sound
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Had a guy from LJ Scully trying to sell us one of these back in the mid 70's, when I was at RCA London.
From what I recall , I don't think more than half a dozen were made.
There was also an automated disc mastering console which was meant to be a companion for the machine. It did everything you could want, including printing the invoice at the end of the session!
But I don't believe this was ever put into production. The only LS 76 I ever heard about was the one at Criterion in Miami, or was it Fullersound...
From what I recall , I don't think more than half a dozen were made.
There was also an automated disc mastering console which was meant to be a companion for the machine. It did everything you could want, including printing the invoice at the end of the session!
But I don't believe this was ever put into production. The only LS 76 I ever heard about was the one at Criterion in Miami, or was it Fullersound...
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I was told that the newly formed Fullersound used to be located at Criteria for a period of time. #656 used to be owned by Criteria, originally, and then was owned by Fullersound, at Criteria, but was taken off campus to the present Fullersound location at the time of Mike's move.
THD, in Oslo, has LS-76 #653, which was owned by Mr. Casey, of the Sunshine Band, in the Miami area. It was serviced by Charlie Hertzberg, just like the Criteria lathes. (He also has a beautiful vintage Scully that he's been restoring).
Rhythmshack have an LS-76, down in Florida (along with the sexy Haeco on eBay, now).
Pete Lyman has the first LS-76 made, out at Infrasonic, in L. A. (but also uses a Neumann).
As we know from this thread, Flo has #660 in Solothurn. (But he is using a VMS80 for his pro cutter.)
That's five LS-76 "The Lathe" floor models. Who has the sixth? What is the serial number?
- Serif
THD, in Oslo, has LS-76 #653, which was owned by Mr. Casey, of the Sunshine Band, in the Miami area. It was serviced by Charlie Hertzberg, just like the Criteria lathes. (He also has a beautiful vintage Scully that he's been restoring).
Rhythmshack have an LS-76, down in Florida (along with the sexy Haeco on eBay, now).
Pete Lyman has the first LS-76 made, out at Infrasonic, in L. A. (but also uses a Neumann).
As we know from this thread, Flo has #660 in Solothurn. (But he is using a VMS80 for his pro cutter.)
That's five LS-76 "The Lathe" floor models. Who has the sixth? What is the serial number?
- Serif
Excellent thread!
I spent some time trying to search out a post I remember reading from years ago to no avail. In it someone stated that two LS76s remained NOS unsold from Scully. I seem to remember the asking price was really high. Maybe it was a dream I had, ring any bells?
I have a friend on the Scully List (mainly tape related, 280s) who told me that Scully lathe number 1 is in the basement of the Scully family home in Bridgeport.
- Kris
I spent some time trying to search out a post I remember reading from years ago to no avail. In it someone stated that two LS76s remained NOS unsold from Scully. I seem to remember the asking price was really high. Maybe it was a dream I had, ring any bells?
I have a friend on the Scully List (mainly tape related, 280s) who told me that Scully lathe number 1 is in the basement of the Scully family home in Bridgeport.
- Kris
which Bridgeport do you mean?Kris D wrote: ...Scully family home in Bridgeport.
not Bridgeport, CT surely...
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S/N 651 is the first LS-76 according to Chris Scully, grandson... I have no idea what S/N 1 Scully would look like but supposedly 1917 so probably would have the thinner platter for wax, and some sort of mechanical cutterhead...
Interesting patent search results pop up, American Gramophone Company patents, inventor name John J Scully and Frank L Capps, Bridgeport Connecticut, 1914, 1916...
Interesting patent search results pop up, American Gramophone Company patents, inventor name John J Scully and Frank L Capps, Bridgeport Connecticut, 1914, 1916...
In my research, I've seen photos like this and with other variations:S/N 651 is the first LS-76 according to Chris Scully, grandson... I have no idea what S/N 1 Scully would look like but supposedly 1917 so probably would have the thinner platter for wax, and some sort of mechanical cutterhead...
![Image](http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/9184/earlycollathe01.png)
that date from the teens and early 1920's. Definitely looks like a Scully design; do you think Chris could confirm this? I am aware that some mechanical recorders used a flexible tube to connect a recording horn or horns to a recording soundbox, rather than the disc passing under a stationary horn/soundbox assembly per the Lindstrom and other designs.
According to R. K. Morrison's book on Disc Recording, it was John J. Scully who made the first Scully-brand acoustic disc wax mastering lathes, including the one with the trolley-car turntable and stationary overhead: Scully #3, from 1920. Am trying to find out when Larry started doing the designs. Prior to LS, I assume, but when?
Also, speaking of that book, I did see the part where RKM mentioned that some early amateur-marketed blank discs were once made of cellulose acetate, just like the radio transcription flexi pressings. (But the pro blanks were always either wax, flowed wax (with gold-sputter follow-up for 'forming), or flash-cotton lacquer).
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Also, speaking of that book, I did see the part where RKM mentioned that some early amateur-marketed blank discs were once made of cellulose acetate, just like the radio transcription flexi pressings. (But the pro blanks were always either wax, flowed wax (with gold-sputter follow-up for 'forming), or flash-cotton lacquer).
- Uit N'barli
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