We interviewed with Mr. Mamoru Tamiya, who is running the “HIPHIPSHAKE”, a Italian vintage bike shop in Aoyama area, Tokyo. He ran the record shop handling European music. – I heard you ran the record shop before. Yes. I ran vintage record shops in Harajuku and Kichijoji. I handled Chanson and French Pops records like […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]