Pathe Tiefenschrift Hill and dale 1906 Homemade Gramophone Grammophon

The Brooklyn Cake Walk

Pathé 6888/10422B.C. *37
Breveté Disque S.G.D.G

Paris, c. 1906

Gespielt von der Pathe Studiokapelle.
Played by Pathé's in-house brass band ("Harmonie Pathé Frères").

(english text further down)

Die Orophone Schalldose kann nach einem kleinen Umbau auch Tiefenschriftplatten abspielen.
Da ich keinen Pathe Saphir habe, nahm ich eine stumpfe, abgerundete Stopfnadel.
Diese hat genau die richtige Spitzenverundung für Patheplatte.
Ausserdem besteht sie aus gehärtetem Stahl - zwar nicht so hart wie eine Saphirspitze - funktioniert aber gut.
Zumindest gibt es am Ende der Platte keinen schwarzen Staub an der stumpfen Spitze ;)
Trotzdem verwende ich solche Stopfnadeln für Tiefenschriftplatten nur einige male, und nehme dann eine neue.

Hier die digitale Überspielung:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58860Zg3_sU

The Orophone soundbox from the Orotone Company in Chicago is also able to play hill and dale records.
Sadly the original celoloid diaphragm had been destroyed, so I replaced it with a Columbia "Viatonale" alu diaphragm .

Because I haven´t a Pathe saphir needle, I used a on the tip rounded darning needle. Just the right size for Pathe records and made from hardend steel.
Not as hard as a saphir - but no black dust on the tip after the play!
Neverless I use such a needle only a few times on hill and dale records...

Here the electric transfer of the record:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58860Zg3_sU

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[kirtley2010]

you can buy saphire pathe needles (nowadays glass i think) for £40 if you want me to give you the detales of the person seling them let me know, and its very interesting to see big berta playing a pathe, i wish i could play pathe records!!!

[formiggini]

@kirtley2010 I only have a handful of pathe records - so £40 is to much for my money bay ;)

The quality of the Pathe records is realy great, if you think about it, that it is recorded before 1910.

You may find the Orophone/Orotone soundboxes frequently on ebay - also capable to play Edison records - so look for it ;)

Is your Gilbert tonearm arrived?

I´m curious about your gramo "Hi-fi" experiments :-)

[kirtley2010]

@formiggini no it hasnt yet, was it you who is john46 on the forum, one day hopefuly i will buy one of those needles because i wanted to make a soundbox for pathe records and diamond discs but the diamond disc needles cost £100!!!

[formiggini]

@kirtley2010 I know about the price... :(

I´m not john46 at the forum, but a username starting with O... record label from germany from the big Lindström trust ;)

[kirtley2010]

@formiggini do you have any diamond disc records to play on big bertha

[formiggini]

@kirtley2010 Only one - but it is a ragtime tune ;)

Going to upload it the next days...

[madian44]

Amazing machine there! Well done!

[transformingArt]

Did you use the seperate microphone on this video? The audio sounds little bit different from other videos you used the microphone. It would be better if you can do it again with seperate microphone!

[electrola89]

super, wie gut die Wiedergabe mit dieser Stopfnadel funktioniert!

[kirtley2010]

@formiggini i like ragtime!!! looking forward to that