Excellent Article on Larry Scully and the Variable-Pitch Lathe c. 1956

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• Chris, Bernie Grundman still uses Scully lathes:
  http://www.berniegrundmanmastering.com/technical/disc_cut.html

  Here are more detailed pictures:
  http://www.berniegrundmanmastering.com/technical/disc_cut_pics.html

  Bernie used to have one or two of Gerry Block's automated margin-control systems for the Scully lathe.

  I wonder how many other Scully lathes are still in use out there?

  Your price number of $72K is interesting. I think that's about what a fully equipped Neumann computerized system cost in the late 70's.

  -- Tom Fine

  • Hi T. Thanks for the add'l info. BTW my 'pricing updates' are generated by this handy applet:

    http://futureboy.us/fsp/dollar.fsp

    Cum grano salis

    But seems accurate?

    c.

• I suppose that the Model 601 was what was introduced in 1955, and spotlighted in that High Fidelity article; which was the model that immediately preceded it? (Which had the same lead-in, band and lead-out characteristics, and had the same variable pitch controls and pitch knob as dating to fall 1950, and was earliest in use by RCA Victor in early 1951.) I know the 501 had the old-style "gear box."