Haha I could go on for hours, but here is a basic idea of how cylinder recording and playback works: a clockwork motor is used, in witch a coil spring is wound, and is held by a ratchet pawl. A “governer” within the mechanism acts as a speed regulator, in which weights attached to a small flywheel are utilized. This will gear to a metal cylinder called the mandrel and will spin it at a constant speed, (160 or so revolutions per minute), witch a metal wormscrew drives what is called the carriage, and you can see this above the mandrel. As the carriage is engaged, it very slowly moves along the length of the mandrel. To record cylinders, a recording head was used. The recording head rests on the carriage, and consists of a thin mica diaphragm between two rubber gaskets with a sharp sapphire stylus centered in the middle of the diaphragm. This is all inlaid in a neat metal body, where at the top a horn is attached; any horn can Be used for recording and playback. As the carriage moves the recorder along slowly, the operator speaks into the horn, the coned shape of the horn will condense the sound, vibrating the stylus, and etching a physical groove into the recording blank. The recording head is then switched out to a playback head or a “reproducer” the reproducer is very similar to the recording head, it still consists of a Mika or copper diaphragm laid between two rubber gaskets, but rather than a recording stylus, a floating playback needle is used. as the carriage is lifted and brought back to its original position, it is set down, and the previously recorded grooves will vibrate the playback needle or stylus, vibrating the diaphragm, and will be amplified back through the horn. If you are confused or have any questions, I will be glad to answer them. Hopefully Tomorrow I will be making a video of how different mechanisms power different cylinder machines, and how playback works in more detail. I will keep you updated 👍
@@THEVICTROLAGUY if not that’s alright; but thank you much for getting me in to cylinder collecting and recording. The videos you make are very informative and direct.
Just tested a few, lakeside and indestructibles sound similar to amberols, less surface noise and more clarity.
how was sound recorded onto these cylinders? like what does that look like and how does it work?
Haha I could go on for hours, but here is a basic idea of how cylinder recording and playback works: a clockwork motor is used, in witch a coil spring is wound, and is held by a ratchet pawl. A “governer” within the mechanism acts as a speed regulator, in which weights attached to a small flywheel are utilized. This will gear to a metal cylinder called the mandrel and will spin it at a constant speed, (160 or so revolutions per minute), witch a metal wormscrew drives what is called the carriage, and you can see this above the mandrel. As the carriage is engaged, it very slowly moves along the length of the mandrel. To record cylinders, a recording head was used. The recording head rests on the carriage, and consists of a thin mica diaphragm between two rubber gaskets with a sharp sapphire stylus centered in the middle of the diaphragm. This is all inlaid in a neat metal body, where at the top a horn is attached; any horn can Be used for recording and playback. As the carriage moves the recorder along slowly, the operator speaks into the horn, the coned shape of the horn will condense the sound, vibrating the stylus, and etching a physical groove into the recording blank. The recording head is then switched out to a playback head or a “reproducer” the reproducer is very similar to the recording head, it still consists of a Mika or copper diaphragm laid between two rubber gaskets, but rather than a recording stylus, a floating playback needle is used. as the carriage is lifted and brought back to its original position, it is set down, and the previously recorded grooves will vibrate the playback needle or stylus, vibrating the diaphragm, and will be amplified back through the horn. If you are confused or have any questions, I will be glad to answer them. Hopefully Tomorrow I will be making a video of how different mechanisms power different cylinder machines, and how playback works in more detail. I will keep you updated 👍
cheap copy of the canaphonic archivette
@@THEVICTROLAGUY haha no way! I have been trying to get ahold of you. Do you still sell them?
@@THEVICTROLAGUY if not that’s alright; but thank you much for getting me in to cylinder collecting and recording. The videos you make are very informative and direct.