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

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Right. I used the electric as my example to you because if it blasts on 
a record that is louder than another, as in your examples, the wear 
and/ot hardening of the reproducer gasket, and it's aural effect, will 
be more easily discernible.
Using the acoustic recording as an example for kindergarteners might not 
be a good idea  since they probably won't understand the speaker and you 
can't very well give them a written sheet to follow, either! And finding 
a better copy is problematic.
You could still try using a graphic or parametric equalizer to increase 
intelligibility of your recording. It's worth a shot.
Best,
Mal Rockwell

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Royal Pemberton wrote:
> Well....if I only knew where I could get the proper rubber gaskets for
> it.  About 30 years ago I improvised, and used some pieces of 16 gauge
> vinyl insulated wire, cut to fit, to replace the original, dried,
> shrunken, cracked, rattle-prone parts.  Also, that copy of '42nd
> street' is very worn, and the needle wasn't far behind.
>
> I take it you mean as well, playing the other record on it really
> didn't do much of anything towards increasing intelligibility of it?
>
>
> On 2/28/09, Malcolm Rockwell <malcolm at 78data.com> wrote:
>   
>> Sounds like you need to rebuild your reproducer.
>> The sound breaks up in the upper mids on the "42nd Street" cut.
>> The other three cuts are... well... er...
>> Mal
>>
>> *******
>>
>> Royal Pemberton wrote:
>>     
>>> Here's a few attempts at actually playing S7505 on my portable
>>> Grafonola, and recording it with a Neumann U47fet mike.
>>>
>>> I first tried 'Busy Mary' with the mike about 2 feet away, 'looking
>>> down' at the machine, trying to capture partly the horn's sound, and
>>> partly the rest of the machine, including the lid.  Here's the result:
>>>  http://www.box.net/shared/jcma8zsgu1
>>>
>>> Not satisfied with this, I tried miking the horn straight on, about 9
>>> inches away.  It seemed to 'focus' the sound somehow, and I recorded
>>> both sides of the record in this manner.
>>>
>>> 'Busy Mary':  http://www.box.net/shared/yayp0nihe5
>>>
>>> 'The toyman's shop':  http://www.box.net/shared/gns6ofb7fj
>>>
>>> Before I tried S7505, I tried an electric 78 on the Grafonola, to
>>> check the miking, which is how I arrived at the first miking of 'Busy
>>> Mary'.  Here's an excerpt of the electric 78 I used, Don Bestor's
>>> orchestra playing 'Forty-second street' on Victor 24253 :
>>> http://www.box.net/shared/9zprck1lhi
>>>
>>> On 2/26/09, Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> ---- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> In fact, ALL the numbers that seem to be "missing" from Columbia's
>>>> A3000 "pop" series were issued (or intended to be) in Columbia's
>>>> "Educational" series....A3001 through A3??? as well as the A75##
>>>> 12" series. As someone noted, the early issues bore an "S" prefix...
>>>> for "School."
>>>>
>>>> ...stevenc
>>>>
>>>>         
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