Victrola 10-50 Automatic Orthophonic, playing "In a Little Town Called Home Sweet Home", by George Olsen and His Band, vocals by Bob Borger. I am using my own homemade tungsten tipped needle, using .006" tungsten wire tip. (Same principle as Victor's Tungs-Tone needles.) I use these so I can use the auto changer on this machine without changing the needle between records.

I restored the mechanicals myself using the available replacement aluminum parts, which replaced the bad pot metal ones. I also own a Victrola VV-210 and a Silvertone portable acoustic phonograph which I've fixed up and work great. I like the VV-210 for acoustic records, and the 10-50 for orthophonic, but the 10-50 makes even acoustic records sound a little richer (and louder!) I still have to get the 10"/12" selector knob working, right now if I need to change the size of record I'm playing I have to do it manually from underneath the mechanism, but I usually only play one size anyway.

I use .006" wire for my needles, Victor used .007" which is a bit too large for the grooves and tends to wear away the peaks between the grooves. The usual width of a groove at the topmost point of the sides is about .0065", but can vary up or down a little depending on what label cut the record. I make my .006 tips a bit shorter than usual so they can take the weight without bending, makes for less plays per needle but then they only cost me 2 cents each to make!

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