[Tigers] bulb dye

[Carlo Bernardino]

Advent speakers. Had a pair as a kid. Sounded great. I think the company is now owned by JBL if I'm not mistaken. 

Sorry for the non tiger diversion. 
Rob

Carlo Rob Bernardino, MD FACS
Oculoplastics and Aesthetic Surgery
Vantage Eye Center
Monterey, CA

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On Jul 19, 2012, at 2:58 PM, Rollright at aol.com wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Most of my career I've worked for consumer electronics companies. Back in  
> the 1970's, working for a company in Cambridge. MA called Advent, we used a  
> substance labeled "Bulb Dye". It canpackaged in small bottles inside a  
> transparent blister mounted to a cardboard backng. We used it as a sealer for  
> tweeters; an outside coat on the working diaphragm. Red for Large Advents 
> and  Green for early Smaller Advents. (some really useless trivia)
> 
> Someone just wrote in about vinyl dye and it jarred my memory. I've been  
> wanting to ask anyone if they've seen this stuff on sale anywhere. 
> 
> Reason?  The red generator light gets faded and this would be just the  
> ticket to restore it. Yes, I know you can turn them around and I've got a good  
> one now, but I'd like to play around and see if this works on the ones that 
> are  too far gone other-wise.  
> 
> Jim  Armstrong
> Mk 1A  
> 382002083
> LRXFE
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