[78-L] music for exercising

[Darrell Lehman]

Came in oak also

Ron L'Herault wrote:
> Or maybe you can move the 50 after you use the records.
>
> Ron
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of David Lennick
> Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 5:42 PM
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> Subject: Re: [78-L] music for exercising
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> 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
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Donna Halper
>> Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 3:14 PM
>> To: 78-L Mail List
>> 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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