[78-L] 14 inch Victor Special DeLuxe

[Royal Pemberton]

And as I understand, just like all the other early discs, just because they
said 'play at 60 rpm' doesn't mean they cut any of them at that speed.
Having the original score they recorded from, with all annotations and
revisions, plus knowledge of what frequency was their 'A' reference, would
all be needed to truly establish what was the actual speed of the recording
machine, and to play the record back appropriately.

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:

> Royal Pemberton wrote:
> > You'd think 60 rpm would be easy to set, one revolution per second.
> >
>
> Yes we realize that, but this guy thinks 1) that it IS revolving at 60,
> and 2) but he did vary it a bit in order to get it to sound better.  My
> questions is:  DOES IT SOUND BETTER?  Is it playing at the correct pitch
> and key for the music????   Comparing it with that YouTube of a live
> orchestra, his playback sounds at least two tone low, and Martha's
> sounds corrct.  If there was a voice it would be easier for me!
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
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