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

[Royal Pemberton]

I'll do it then.

On 2/25/09, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:
> 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!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>
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