This needle will play acoustic, vertical, hill & dale, phonograph records, such as Pathe, and others. It is made of steel and has a round ball sapphire tip. 

The shank is 1mm, the same diameter as an ordinary steel needle. (Shank is thinner than regular Pathe, which is 1.5mm, see my other listings if this is what you want.)

I guarantee these. If there is any defect I will exchange for another new one.

Vintage original new old stock, made in France, and brought to the United States thirty years ago.