[78-L] music for exercising

[David Lennick]

So if you can move the 50, you don't need the exercise records....

dl

Ron L'Herault wrote:
> The 50 is a handsome and not light portable acoustic machine.  The ones I've
> seen are made of Mahogany with a single spring motor that has a substantial
> cast iron framework, hence the not-light part.  
> 
> Ron L
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> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Donna Halper
> Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 3:14 PM
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> Subject: [78-L] music for exercising
> 
> I just found an advertisement from mid August 1922 for Victor 
> Records-- it was in a number of newspapers.  It advertised a 
> "Portable Victrola No. 50" and a set of exercise records.  As you all 
> know, I am not an expert in the machines of the 78 era-- so, was 
> there a portable Victrola number 48 or 49, or was 50 just a brand 
> name?  Also, what  were the records that went along with the 
> record-player?  The ad says the records were specially designed to be 
> used in an exercise regimen-- but it doesn't explain what songs they 
> were.  It just says they will enable people to "Exercise to 
> Music".  The records are only described as "three double-faced Victor 
> Records for Health Exercises," sold in a "compact container" and 
> planned by an (alleged) authority named Professor Charles H. Collins. 
> Any further explanation would be very interesting for me, and I'd 
> appreciate it.         
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