[78-L] November 2

[David Lennick]

Very important! From the 1926 catalog:

"Set the regulator so that the turntable of your Victrola revolves 
seventy-eight times per minute, AND NEVER CHANGE IT unless for some special 
purpose. When using Victrola and piano together, it is occasionally necessary 
to change the speed slightly to get the two instruments exactly in tune; and 
sometimes the dancers wish a little variation to suit the steps. Test the speed 
occasionally by placing a slip of paper under the edge of the record, and WHILE 
IT IS REVOLVING, see that the paper revolves 78 times in one minute.

You will, of course, meet the man who insists on turning the regulator of his 
Victrola up and down, thus changing the speed with each record he plays. DON'T 
IMITATE HIM---HE IS WRONG. Only at a speed of seventy-eight can you hear the 
actual tones of the singer or player JUST AS THEY WERE RECORDED."

So there!

dl