[78-L] music for exercising

[David Lennick]

What? The phonograph or the splints? Good machine, if ahead of its time, for 
playing selections from "Mahagonny".

dl

Darrell Lehman wrote:
> 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
>> To: 78-L Mail List
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] music for exercising
>>
>> 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.         
>>>