[78-L] Advent of Electrical Recording

[Royal Pemberton]

I have a feeling that early on, that was often done, the acoustic horn and
sound box apparatus removed from the lathe, replaced with the electrical
cutting head, as many early Victor electricals look like they were done on
the same machines (even down to playing at about the same speed.

On a slight tangent, I wonder what the first record is, to have a spiral or
spirals between the selections on it?  I'm guessing it's a Victor from the
late teens or early 1920s, probably one of the records with several short
songs on each side, made for children....

On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Ron L'Herault <lherault at bu.edu> wrote:

> I imagine some of the acoustical components could have been adapted to the
> electrical process.  If they had an electrically powered cutting lathe, all
> one would need to do would be to put on the electrical cutting head in
> place
> of the acoustic one, right?
>
> Ron L
>