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INTERVIEW WITH A CRAFTSMAN #4

We interviewed our craftsman! NAME : E.M LENGTH OF SERVICE : 16 years CHARGE : Rubber Molding Rubbing hot damper rubbers in the mold with the wooden spatula. Pushing out rubbers from the mold carefully. – When do you feel rewarding? Customers purchase the products I made. – What is the difficult task? Deburring the […]

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WORLD’S FIRST WOOD CANTILEVER IS COMING SOON!

NEW CANTILEVER: “MORITA” We proudly introduce our new stylus brand “MORITA“, newly designed ‘wood carving cantilever’ made from ‘black’ persimmon wood, called Kurogaki. **Available on our online shop starting from November 18, 2019** Kotaro Morita “I wanted to sense the true sound coming from the stylus using special carved wood cantilever”   “MORITA” product, generated […]

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ABOUT PHONOGRAPH

We started the job as sewing needle manufacturer in 1873, but the demand decreased considerably in early 1900s. Fortunately Edison invented phonograph, and we started making stylus for that. Steel stylus for the phonograph is softer than that for record player, so wears down rapidly. Soft stylus can play only one side of a record […]

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ANALOG RECORD LOVERS #3

We interviewed Mr. Kuniaki Kishi, the representative of the “ACROGE FURNITURE”. – The turntable there is on sale?  This will be delivered today. I remade the base.  – Why did you remake? Was that broken? No. The sound is changed by the material of the base. – What is this material? It’s maple. I join […]

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