Vintage 78s

@drambuiequillhill, I have a 78 album (3 records) of Louis Armstrong and All Stars at Town Hall from 1947.  Dad was a huge Satchmo fan and had a collection of 78s and LPs, but this is all I have remaining from those.

I bought an inexpensive Pfanstiehl 78 stylus (tracks at 4g) for a spare Pickering body.  Not optimal but I didn’t want to spend much as I knew they wouldn’t be played many times.  However I didn’t want to damage the records.

The 78 groove will be wider than any 33.3 LP so appropriate stylus size is helpful.  There continues to be lots of 78 cartridges available costing more than I paid.

@viridian ,

I learned something new, thanks!

Didn't know you needed a specific cartridge for 78's.

Thank you everyone for excellent advice. I’ll contact SkyFi Audio who sold me the Sl1300G and setup my cart. They sell the Ortofon 78 cart and I’ll have them mount it on a Technica headshell so it will be easy to swtch carts. Since the 78’s are strictly vocal I’ll wait to see if I need a different phono preamp. I should mention that I served in the USMC from 1969 to 1975. My uncle Peter was always on my mind. His death devastated my family and shaped my life in many ways