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

[David Lennick]

D IS 14-inch and E IS 8-inch according to the "Victor Alphabet" published in 
the New Amberola graphic..I know that's been cited as being full of errors.

dl

Royal Pemberton wrote:
> 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