[78-L] Matrix numbers [Victor, anyway]

[Royal Pemberton]

But the 14 inch record preceded the 8 inch by three years, as far as
when they hit the marketplace.  Alphabetical sequence following
chronological order would have made D the prefix for the 14 inch
records, then E for the 8.   How'd they get switched?

On 12/8/08, Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Royal Pemberton" <ampex354 at gmail.com>
>> D=8", E=14"?  I'd have thought just the opposite, as the 14 inch
>> records were produced in 1903 and 1904 and the 8 inch records didn't
>> appear until 1906.
>>
> No...Victor used "alphabetical order"...so 7," " 10" and 12" as the original
> disc sizes were A, B and C...and the two "new" sizes, 8" and 14" were
> called D and E!
>
> ...stevenc
>
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