Re: [ARSCLIST] Instant Recording Discs, was Re: [ARSCLIST] Record Gunk

[Christie Peterson <cpeterso@xxxxxxxxx>]

I love these kind of 'make it work' (while doing no harm) solutions!  
Absolute genius, both of you!  As it turns out, the discs fit over the 
tapered part of the spindle, so stacking discs and/or mats up to that 
level is a perfect solution.

And as for never having seen an entire collection like this before, 
obviously, Dave, you've never had an entire collection of "As Heard on 
NBC" discs from 1968-1969 before ;)

Thanks again!

Christie

Christie Peterson
Project Archivist, Muskie Archives & Special Collections
Bates College
70 Campus Avenue
Lewiston, ME 04240-6018
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Mwcpc6@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Usually the tip of the spindle is tapered or rounded. A solution sometimes 
> suggested if the spindle is not removable, also useful for centering, is to 
> place other records on the turntable first to raise the disc above the start of 
> the taper.
>
> Mike Csontos


David Lennick wrote:
> Very simple solution (from the guy who suggested Windex)..if you have an extra
> turntable mat and a junk LP (preferably an early 50s pressing, without the
> raised edges and center), that will raise the disc enough to fit over the top
> of the spindle. I do this all the time to center records. And I say nasty
> things to people who advocate drilling larger center holes.
>
> But I've never run across an entire collection of discs, instantaneous or
> otherwise, whose center holes were all too small for a standard turntable
> spindle.
>
> dl
>
>