[78-L] Tinfoil (was: Sound for early silent films Was: what a whiner!)

[Jack Raymond]

Allen Amet wrote:

> jraymond at alumni.princeton.edu writes: It is  attached by a pin to a 
> small card on which she wrote: "This foil was  printed by the 
> 'Phonograph' at the Normal School, Salem [Mass.], May  1876."  She 
> also noted that it was demonstrated "by Mr. E. C. Balles  and Prof. 
> Osborn." Any idea who Balles and Osborn  were?
> ---------------

> there were a variety of such Exhibitors but in 1878 and later. '1876'
> is jumping the gun a little.

Allen is correct, of course -- the date is 1878.  It was a heedless typo 
on my part.

-- Jack Raymond