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From: peters@cubsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Query: Stylus Replacement Timer
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Date: Sat, 5-May-84 17:35:44 EDT
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Posted: Sat May  5 17:35:44 1984
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I just looked at my phonograph needle under a microscope and discovered
that it turned into a little chisel while I wasn't looking.  I thought 
to look because two brand new records sounded distorted.  I may have
irreparably damaged some of my favorite records.

Seems that several years ago I saw a little timer-thingie which goes
in between the turntable power cord and the outlet, and keeps a record
of accumulated playing time.  I think a stylus is supposed to be good for 
about 2000 hours of play (but that might have been in pre- elliptical days).

Does anyone have any info about these timers, and/or about how many hours 
of play a stylus should be good for?  ...or about alternative approaches to 
stylus replacement/care?

{philabs,cmcl2!rocky2}!cubsvax!peters            Dr. Peter S. Shenkin 
Dept of Biol. Sci.;  Columbia Univ.;  New York, N. Y.  10027;  212-280-5517