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Shellac 78s are old but equipment to play them is commercially available and they can be played on turntables that support 78 rpm with the right cartridge. I m

Shellac 78s are old but equipment to play them is commercially available and they can be played on turntables that support 78 rpm with the right cartridge. I misplaced the 78 belt for my Pro-ject turntable during a move a few years ago and in the mean time found a copy of New World Symphony that I’ve been wanting to listen to.

dmbche 3y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellac https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellac Just learned shellac is resin produced by south asian bugs - used to do not only record but food glaze and varnishes.
- amno 3y ago
  Shellac can be made out of different things, and has been a common polish for wooden instruments for example, before we got chemical protections like nitrocellulose lacquer. For handmade instruments [shellac and french polishing](https://www.lmii.com/blog/2017/10/07/finishing-options-for-musical-instruments/ https://www.lmii.com/blog/2017/10/07/finishing-options-for-m...) is still often preferred due to being environment and human friendly (chemical lacks are often non-healthy for the human who works with them), relatively inexpensive (cook your oyster shell :)), and for being do-it-yourself solution which many luthiers prefer. Some people claims a guitar polished with shellac sounds better than one with a cellulose lack, but I am not sure if I agree that is a deciding factor for the sound, probably more of a psychological factor.
SoftTalker 3y ago
I have a collection of several dozen 78 rpm shellac records that I inherited from my father, who inherited them from his father. I have a turntable but it won't play 78s. Been wanting to check with my local university to see if they could digitize them and maybe take the originals as a donation. I have also thought about looking for an old Victrola at an antique market and keeping them to play as a novelty, but it would really be just that.
- flotwig 3y ago
  If a local university doesn't take them, the IA will - they accept donations of physical materials and will digitize and index them: https://help.archive.org/help/how-do-i-make-a-physical-donation-to-the-internet-archive/ https://help.archive.org/help/how-do-i-make-a-physical-donat...
AnthonyMouse 3y ago
It's not a question of if it's physically possible. It's a question of what the customer is going to do. You can't play a 78 on your iPhone. You can play Spotify on your iPhone. So the customer is going to use Spotify.
112233 3y ago
Do you know what are current sales figures for 78s? If I release on 78 rpm, how much can I expect to sell?
- bryanrasmussen 3y ago
  probably not much, but here wouldn't the case be if you streamed content that was originally from RPM how many views would I get?

dmbche 3y ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellac https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellac Just learned shellac is resin produced by south asian bugs - used to do not only record but food glaze and varnishes.

amno 3y ago
Shellac can be made out of different things, and has been a common polish for wooden instruments for example, before we got chemical protections like nitrocellulose lacquer. For handmade instruments [shellac and french polishing](https://www.lmii.com/blog/2017/10/07/finishing-options-for-musical-instruments/ https://www.lmii.com/blog/2017/10/07/finishing-options-for-m...) is still often preferred due to being environment and human friendly (chemical lacks are often non-healthy for the human who works with them), relatively inexpensive (cook your oyster shell :)), and for being do-it-yourself solution which many luthiers prefer. Some people claims a guitar polished with shellac sounds better than one with a cellulose lack, but I am not sure if I agree that is a deciding factor for the sound, probably more of a psychological factor.

SoftTalker 3y ago

I have a collection of several dozen 78 rpm shellac records that I inherited from my father, who inherited them from his father. I have a turntable but it won't play 78s. Been wanting to check with my local university to see if they could digitize them and maybe take the originals as a donation. I have also thought about looking for an old Victrola at an antique market and keeping them to play as a novelty, but it would really be just that.

flotwig 3y ago
If a local university doesn't take them, the IA will - they accept donations of physical materials and will digitize and index them: https://help.archive.org/help/how-do-i-make-a-physical-donation-to-the-internet-archive/ https://help.archive.org/help/how-do-i-make-a-physical-donat...

AnthonyMouse 3y ago

It's not a question of if it's physically possible. It's a question of what the customer is going to do. You can't play a 78 on your iPhone. You can play Spotify on your iPhone. So the customer is going to use Spotify.

112233 3y ago

Do you know what are current sales figures for 78s? If I release on 78 rpm, how much can I expect to sell?

bryanrasmussen 3y ago
probably not much, but here wouldn't the case be if you streamed content that was originally from RPM how many views would I get?