[78-L] November 2

[Bob Rice]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] November 2


> 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
>
  And I'm SURE it said; " For Best Results Use Victor Needles" too!
>
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