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Steve E.
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Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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Location: Brooklyn, NY USA

Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:15 am Post subject: Handcrank cutters? Do they exist?

buckettovsissors wrote:

May sound a little dumb ,but I thought there must be hand cutters too, A grammphone cutter.
Anyone know any models?

Not a dumb question at all, but perhaps a disappointing answer. To the best of my knowledge, cutters in the acoustic era were generally one-of-a-kind machines. It seems a little unlikely as I write this, though. Maybe a better way to say it is that they were made or commissioned by the recording companies that used them, and were proprietary? Hmm! What about people who did field recordings? Where did they get their equipment?

A good question for Peter Dilg. He gave me an answer once, but I'm foggy as I write this.

emorritt

Joined: 09 Nov 2006
Posts: 52
Location: Louisiana

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:10 pm Post subject: Fay recorder

I remember seeing a 'Fay Recorder' a long time ago that was basically a spring driven turntable with an acoustic recorder and horn. I don't remember if there was a feed screw assembly that moved it across the disc, or if it used pre-grooved blanks like those Victor made for their RE series of Electrolas. Don't know if many were made as they're pretty rare today.

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