[78-L] Speed for old Edison, and Victor 78s

[Chris Zwarg]

At 19:23 19.12.2008, you wrote:

>> Mike Biel wrote:
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>>> because Victor advertised their speed as 78.  
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>Chris Zwarg wrote:
>> When was that? I remember noticing a stated speed of variously 75 or 76 in the prefaces of several Victor catalogues from the late '10s and early '20s.
>Do you "remember" them or do you have them?  I have here the Victor 
>catalogs from November 1916 (2nd 1916 ), 1920, 1921, 1922, and 1923 (all 
>published the preceding December) and all of them specifically state 
>78.  I have instruction manuals for Victrolas printed 2/11/16 (XI type 
>G), 6/22/16 (XI Type G), 3/18/20 (XIV), 9/23/21 (90), 2/22/26 
>(Orthophonic spring), and 7/22/26 (Orthophonic electric) and ALL of them 
>state 78 RPM.

OK I'll have look, I must have kept photocopies somewhere. Right here I have the 1919 edition, and you are right - IT IS 78 (SEVENTY-EIGHT)!! Sorry for stating the product of an apparently failing memory as fact.

Chris Zwarg