[Dixielandjazz] Under the Bamboo Tree: jazz and Americanliterature.

[Jack Mitchell]

> Fibre needles - not unlike bamboo? - were in use in England at least until
> well after WW2. The theory was that they didn't wear the grooves of
> precious  78s. >>
>
I still have two little gadgets made especially for sharpening fibre 
needles.

Best wishes
Jack Mitchell