[78-L] The Grafonola in the Classroom and Col A7505

[Michael Biel]

Royal Pemberton wrote:
> Good question!  I'm not terribly sure one would.  As both stories came
> from books, my hunch is this record may have been intended as a kind
> of companion to the books. 

My first thought also was that the kids would be reading along with the 
record, except that this side came from the book "Kindergarten Review" 
and I was the only kid in my kindergarten class who knew how to read. 
>  Back when I first had the record, I owned
> an G2 model Grafonola upright cabinet machine, and I carefully played
> the record on it.  I don't recall hearing much of a difference in
> intelligibility.
>
> I do have a small Columbia portable model 110, and if you'd like, I
> could play excerpts on it, record them with a microphone, and post
> links to the clips, if you'd like to hear the difference.  Just let me
> know.
>
>   
Yes, it would be an interesting exercise.  Back in the 60s and  70s, the 
Library of Congress noticed that some of their ethnomusicoligical 
cylinders were more intelligible when played acoustically.  They dubbed 
all of them three ways, acoustically, electrically with no filtering, 
and electrically with equalization to try to bring out the sound, and 
would then let the listener choose which one to listen to

Mike Biel   mbiel at mbiel.com  

> On 2/25/09, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:
>   
>> Royal Pemberton wrote:
>>     
>>> I have the transfers of the May Murray record done.  As mentioned
>>> before, the recording was not terribly clear, but I have tried to make
>>> it as intelligible as possible with equalisation.
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> Would a child really be able to understand the words of the record,
>> especially on an acoustical machine in a classroom???
>>     
>>> Tha catalogue number is actually S7505; labels state School Series and
>>> further state Story Record/Kindergarten.  Transfers made at 78.26 rpm.
>>>
>>>       
>> Did you hear the repeating clunk that was right in tempo with "La zy Ma
>> ry, La zy Ma ry, La zy Ma ry . . . "  the first time the sequence
>> happens halfway thru the record.
>>
>> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>>     
>>> 'The story of busy Mary', from Milton Bradley Company's "Kindergarten
>>> Review".  Matrix 36754-2:
>>> http://www.box.net/shared/s6j92sfkaf
>>>
>>> 'The toyman's shop', from Milton Bradley Company's "More Mothers'
>>> Stories".   Matrix 36755-2:
>>> http://www.box.net/shared/um677yzu0j
>>>
>>> Hope this helps!
>>>
>>>
>>>