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[Royal Pemberton]

Those Stokowski early acoustic recordings went down (at least the few
I have) to just slightly north of 60 Hz.

On 5/27/09, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> In fact, bass instruments are audible on Stokowski's first acousticals, but
> they couldn't be heard on playback instruments of 1917 so they were omitted
> from the orchestra for the rest of the acoustical era and into the first few
> months of electricals. I'm amazed that some of those earliest recordings,
> like
> Stoky's Marche Slav and the Victor Symphony Orchestra's "Petite Suite"
> (Bizet),
> were still in print in the mid 40s..probably kept there by the educational
> department, not by music lovers.
>
> dl
>
> I. Cubillo wrote:
>> From: "DAVID BURNHAM" <burnhamd at rogers.com>
>>> As far as acoustics are concerned they, of course, don't have the same
>>> low
>> end >content as even the earliest electrical recordings but I did find
>> years
>> ago, when >playing with a parametric equalizer, I was able to exhort
>> substantial bass from a >Stokowski/Philadelphia recording, I think it was
>> the Prelude to Act I of Carmen.
>>
>>> db
>>
>> I agree with David on the acoustics... the bass is not as poor as one
>> could
>> believe. The trouble with the acoustics, roughly, is the lack of
>> definition
>> in the treble, and the peak at 1000Hz, which is sometimes a bit
>> disturbing.
>>
>>
>> Iñigo Cubillo
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