Use in Music Recording and Reproduction
In the sound recording industry, a stylus is a phonograph or gramophone needle used to play back sound on gramophone records, as well as to record the sound indentations on the master record.
Several technologies were used to record the sounds, beginning with wax cylinders,almost half a century before the invention of the magnetic cartridge. The harder the material used, the harder the stylus has to be. For shellac records, a disposable stylus softer than the record was generally preferred for preservation of the recording. The styli for playing vinyl records are made out of Sapphire or diamond.
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Yet she goes with footstep wary,
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