I'll bet you anything they would make a ton of money on something like this. Imagine a brand new crystal mic along with repair parts and care guide. It would have to be expensive or people would buy it, not knowing what it was and would break it.
Most of the time in college, 43-44 years ago we used a solid state Mic that you could almost pound nails with. Worked for most thins we did. That is an amazing artifact!
They should re-manufacture ceramic and crystal elements. Something like a reissue, as Fender did with his "Bassman" model amplifiers. Many collectors and harmonica players would be very grateful and very happy.
Sadly, ambient moisture has destroyed most transducers based on rochelle salts that were manufactured roughly from the 1930s through the 1950s. Such transducers included phonograph pickups and microphones like this one. It is a miracle that the microphone demonstrated in this video is still functional. A dynamic microphone of similar vintage would be more likely to still be usable.
Buying old crystal mics is a crap-shoot.........I did find a great old Turner that still works really well. Moisture can kill them. I got a Shure OEM mic that shipped with a Conn tuner, and it was stone dead when it got here... the crystal was dust. I found a working crystal element and revived it.
Shure needs to look into making crystal microphones again a lot of people like those vintage sounds now
I'm pretty sure if he did they would cost a fortune
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Yes, me.
I'll bet you anything they would make a ton of money on something like this. Imagine a brand new crystal mic along with repair parts and care guide. It would have to be expensive or people would buy it, not knowing what it was and would break it.
It's probably cheaper to use digital filters to emulate them, although using the real deal may give unpredictability's magic touch.
This mic still works... because it was so well built. Quality stuff!
Most of the time in college, 43-44 years ago we used a solid state Mic that you could almost pound nails with. Worked for most thins we did. That is an amazing artifact!
Listen to this sound is a time travel experience. Thanks for sharing!
Love to hear the direct feed of this mic instead of through another mic in the room.
How cool is that. Quality construction sure makes a difference. 👍👍🤠
You always have the coolest stuff
Look at the Power Mac G3 too! You guys have so much cool old stuff
They should re-manufacture ceramic and crystal elements.
Something like a reissue, as Fender did with his "Bassman" model amplifiers.
Many collectors and harmonica players would be very grateful and very happy.
I’d love to try one of these in a audio interface with phantom power
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Awesome 🤘
It would have been interesting to actually record it, rather than recording that amp sound.
It sounds way too good probably because I'm songs it was being recorded on a bad recording thingy
Sadly, ambient moisture has destroyed most transducers based on rochelle salts that were manufactured roughly from the 1930s through the 1950s. Such transducers included phonograph pickups and microphones like this one. It is a miracle that the microphone demonstrated in this video is still functional. A dynamic microphone of similar vintage would be more likely to still be usable.
Maybe it was located in a very dry state? Maybe Arizona or New Mexico?
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Super cool
Very very nice
Buying old crystal mics is a crap-shoot.........I did find a great old Turner that still works really well. Moisture can kill them. I got a Shure OEM mic that shipped with a Conn tuner, and it was stone dead when it got here... the crystal was dust. I found a working crystal element and revived it.
$90 in 1937 would be $1569 in 2018.
Stravinsky is on the wall!
Please let Mary borrow it to do a recording!!!!!
@@shurecreators :D
Can you guys make another video with this into a High impedance input on an audiointerface?
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WHY OLD MICROPHONE IS SO CLEAR SOUND BUT IN OLD DAYS THAT MICROPHONE HAS CRUSH OLD SOUND
That actually has more to do with the recording capabilities and/or transmission schemes of the time, not necessarily the mics.
@@shurecreators I find that the carbon mics tend to have a lot of that "old sound" people speak of.
I had to do a double-take this guy sounds like Paul Rivera
BTW that price is over $1700 by todays money.
in theory a crystal microphone could pick up EVP's better (ghosts speaking)
Mary is awesome isn't she> :)