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

[Frank Strauss <fbsdmd@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Now, I find we can't play this disc (along with about a half dozen
> others that appear to be instant recordings from NBC news) because the
> hole drilled in the middle is too small to fit our turntables.  Since I
> don't know the proper term for the pin in the middle of the platter (and
> since none of the dozen or so audiophile pages I've read on turntables
> mentions it), it's really hard to find information about what to do.
> Again, advice from those in the know will be gratefully accepted.
>
> Christie
>
>
> Other than to say drill the hole bigger, which I'm sure is the wrong
answer, I can't help with the playing of these disks.  I can say, however,
that the pin in the middle of the platter has usually been called a
"spindle."


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Frank B Strauss, DMD