[78-L] How well did they do it.

[Royal Pemberton]

I wonder how much of one of the original WE recording systems still
exists, and could be restored, and could be put into service at least
long enough to make some test recordings?  I'd love to hear one of
those 394-W/47A microphones now, also fed through today's mixers etc.
How about the Brunswick gear?  Would any of this be at the
Smithsonian?

I also wonder if any record companies used the RCA 4-A condenser mike
(the big square box job)?

On 4/29/09, warren moorman <wlmoorman3 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> This is certainly an issue for listeners, but let me mention a similar thing
> from the other direction. Psychologists have suggested that for some
> longtime performers, part of the reinforcing lure of a performing life is
> that the actual sound of applause (or for comics, laughter) is literally the
> same over time, and thus offers the illusion of having suspended the march
> of time.
>
> Warren
>
>
> --- On Wed, 4/29/09, soundthink at aol.com <soundthink at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> From: soundthink at aol.com <soundthink at aol.com>
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] How well did they do it.
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 2:45 PM
>> When I was in New York recently, I saw Vince Giordano &
>> his Nighthawks perform at Club Cache. The musicians are all
>> seasoned studio performers,?most play on period instruments,
>> and the group uses original charts - for me, that's as
>> close as I will get to hearing what a '20s jazz/dance
>> band might have sounded like.
>>
>> Cary Ginell
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: DAVID BURNHAM <burnhamd at rogers.com>
>> To: 78-L at 78online.com
>> Sent: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 2:42 pm
>> Subject: [78-L] How well did they do it.
>>
>>
>>
>> ?I've been thinking about exactly how accurately
>> recordings were able to capture
>> the sounds of the 20s, over 80 years ago.?? It's almost
>> impossible to compare a
>> recording with the original sound.? Any singers which were
>> around then who might
>> still be here certainly don't have the same voice.?
>> Orchestras develop over the
>> years and don't sound like they did 80 years ago.? I
>> don't think any concert
>> hall or recording studio has remained unchanged for that
>> time.? Even if we could
>> find instruments which were used on recordings then, the
>> artists are all gone
>> and the instruments also change with time.? One may find a
>> pipe organ that
>> hasn't been modified in 80 years but I can't think
>> of one which was recorded
>> back then which might still sound the same - Temple church
>> was bombed in WWII,
>> Royal Albert Hall's organ and acoustics have changed
>> drastically since then.? I
>> don't know if Mark Andrews', Jesse
>> Crawford's?or Lew White's organs are still
>> around.?
>>  Choruses and choirs, of course are constantly changing.?
>>
>> What brought this thought to mind was that I was listening
>> to records the other
>> day recorded in 1927 which, I believe, are unique in that
>> they are probably a
>> few of the only recordings which can be compared today the
>> their original
>> source.? Those are the 5 Victor sides which are?recordings
>> of the Carillon, (to
>> avoid the word "Biels),?at the Victory Tower, Ottawa,
>> (now the Peace Tower).?
>> I've heard that Carillon many times and it's
>> interesting to compare the
>> recordings to the sound of the Carillon.
>>
>> db
>>
>> P.S. as soon as I finished this letter I imagined some
>> mention of Herbert Von
>> Carillon, so I'm glad I got that out of the way
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