Duotone Cutting Needles

[Bill P]

Here’s some pages from a 1954 Duotone Phonograph Needle Guide showing cutting needles and disc recording supplies.
In the Duotone 1958 guide the disc recording items were gone.

Note that the Wilcox-Gay Recordette used a combination recording/playback needle.
When the tone arm was raised, the cutting needle would be in position on the lacquer disc.
When the tone arm was lowered, the bent shank playback needle would be in position on the disc.