A holy grail found -- and scratch repair

Posted by rbolaw on December 16, 2014 at 16:33:35

RCA LSC 2632 features Beethoven's Op. 95 and 135 string quartets played by the Juilliard Quartet in their salad days. One of ten LPs the Juilliard recorded for RCA between 1957 and 1963. Some of these have been reissued on CD by Testament (see link) but not this one.
Well, I found a very clean copy for a dollar. A few light scuffs, most inaudible. But one skip caused by a light stylus scratch.
As others have said, scratches cannot be eliminated. But I believe vinyl shards and foreign matter can build up in and around the scratch when it occurs or after, and be ground in by the stylus. This damage may not be entirely curable either, but I've found a firm, repeated wet scrubbing in the affected area can remove the skip and allow me to listen to the d@mn thing without getting up out of my arm chair.
You run the risk of increasing the audible damage at least slightly by spreading the foreign matter from the affected spot and grinding it in further. Once the skip is removed, I do nothing further. But I can now listen to this one in comfort.

https://www.testament.co.uk/shop/search.aspx?q=juilliard (Open in New Window)

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Topic - A holy grail found -- and scratch repair - rbolaw 16:33:35 12/16/14 (18)

RE: A holy grail found -- and scratch repair - learsfool 22:45:23 12/18/14 (1)

RE: A holy grail found -- and scratch repair - rbolaw 09:10:09 12/19/14 (0)

RE: A holy grail found -- and scratch repair - briggs 16:55:11 12/18/14 (0)

RE: A holy grail found -- and scratch repair - MannyE 15:17:56 12/17/14 (7)

Thanks a whole bunch for that video. What patience and - alaskahiatt 17:12:59 12/20/14 (6)

RE: Thanks a whole bunch for that video. What patience and - MannyE 20:09:07 12/20/14 (5)

Could you point me to the source of that scope please. - alaskahiatt 23:28:36 12/21/14 (4)

RE: Could you point me to the source of that scope please. - MannyE 04:58:07 12/22/14 (3)

Thanks Manny. I agree on short, as you want to come in low - alaskahiatt 16:06:37 12/22/14 (0)

RE: Could you point me to the source of that scope please. - baggrasan 12:06:46 12/22/14 (1)

RE: Could you point me to the source of that scope please. - MannyE 19:02:25 12/22/14 (0)

RE: A holy grail found -- and scratch repair - Crazy Dave 14:31:46 12/17/14 (3)

RE: A holy grail found -- and scratch repair - rbolaw 17:21:21 12/17/14 (2)

RE: A holy grail found -- and scratch repair - Crazy Dave 08:39:09 12/18/14 (1)

RE: A holy grail found -- and scratch repair - rbolaw 09:02:00 12/18/14 (0)

RE: A holy grail found -- and scratch repair - Richard P 10:23:29 12/17/14 (1)

Thanks! - rbolaw 11:26:15 12/17/14 (0)

RE: A holy grail found -- and scratch repair - Garg0yle 22:51:08 12/16/14 (0)

A holy grail found -- and scratch repair

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