Help to Identify This Part

[PhilColodetti]

Dear Colleagues,

Can anyone help me to identify this part? I found them together with a set of Grampian heads.

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I really appreciate any help!

Thank you,

Phil

[emidisc]

Cutter stylus x 2

[Soulbear]

Hi Phil
Cutting Styluses or Styli, look to be complete with Nichrome (Nickel Chromium) Heater Wires
https://www.myshank.com/en/14-grampian

Hope this is not what we term a "Leg Lift "
Regards Soulbear

[PhilColodetti]

I don't know if this is appropriate for this forum section, but does this have any value? (I already sold the grampian heads "as-is")

[piaptk]

Those are styli for Neumann (or maybe VR) cutter heads. Weird that they would be with a Grampian, because they wouldn't work in a Grampian.

If they are diamond, they have a small amount of "as-is" value, because Myshank can resharpen them, but resharpening is expensive. If they are sapphire, then they aren't worth much because the majority of people that have heads that can use them wouldn't want to take a chance on an unknown stylus.

[PhilColodetti]

Thank you for your answer. For context, about 25 years ago I purchased a truckload of gear from a defunct recording studio that also had a cutting lathe (I did not buy the lathe). Because of the COVID lockdown, I rummaged through my storage and found these styli (the Grampian I sold may years ago), but I don't know the brand of heads the studio had. It is very possible that the heads were Neumann because the defunct studio was an authorized Neumann dealer for mics.

I really appreciate the help and will contact Myshank. Thank you all and stay safe!