[78-L] Orville Knapp
David Lennick
dlennick at sympatico.ca
Mon Oct 13 20:27:33 PDT 2008
J.F. Bennett wrote:
> Gents,
>
> O.K., Okeh, OKeh ;-) 76 as a starting point it is. Thank you all. So Knapp
> was still with the Nighthawks.'25. I wonder did audiophiles of the twenties
> have these speed conversations? Did they multi-speed stroboscopes and pitch
> pipes, did they make notations on sleeves? I assume some must have. Anyone
> ever come across contemporary letters, books or articles concerning proper
> speeds?
>
>
> Phonographically,
>
> John B.
Fact is..nobody cared! Cutting tables and phonographs were equally unreliable
and folks were just glad to have MUSIC. It mattered a little more to
connoisseurs of vocal recordings, to the point where HMV began printing
something like the proper playback speed on the labels of its reissues of
historic recordings, but that was in the 40s and 50s. Ever hear George Bernard
Shaw talk about how the average person doesn't have the faintest idea how to
play gramophone records at the correct speed? Even today, I'll sit at a CAPS
meeting and someone will demonstrate a cylinder player with a Billy Murray
record sounding as if he was on helium, and they'll think it's just wonderful
(the seller AND the buyer).
dl
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