[78-L] Whistle-Stop

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

At 06:26 PM 7/18/2010, you wrote:
>Many of my late 20s Orthophonic Victors have a very distinct "whistle" to
>them as they get closer to the end.  I don't think it came from a dog or a
>human...but it's real!
>
>Someone told me that it comes from the way the record masters were cut...is
>that so?  Non-techy minds want to know.
>
>Taylor
>
>P.S.  My spell-check wanted to replace "Orthophonic" with "Orthorhombic."  I
>was tempted,  but decided against it.

I've got a 12" 2 part "Oh Baby" by Benny Goodman that has that dog 
whistle at the end of side 2 that I'd guess was cut sometime in the 
30's. & yes it's an RCA disc.....