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

[Sam Brylawski]

They did *not* get switched. 14's were from D masters, 8's from E's.

Sam

On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 10:58 PM, Royal Pemberton <ampex354 at gmail.com> 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
> >
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