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Old 19th Jul 2018, 10:38 am   #47
Ted Kendall
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Default Re: Re-mastered 78's

Sorry, John, I've been pushing hard lately, so the language is getting more fanciful and the typing more error-prone.

This was just a description of the run-of-the-milll electrical pickup of the 1930s - a large steel needle mounted in a heavy pickup with a tracking force measured in ounces, which was injurious to the record and would be injurious to the user if it dropped on his hand...
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