[78-L] Lyric/Lyraphone and Lyrophon/Lyrophone are different companies

[Philip Carli]

There may be a slight European connection; the groove shape and close groove pitch of the Lyric verticals are very similar to those of British-made Marathon records, which used a V-shaped groove developed by Percy Packburn and which played for 5-7 minutes a side depending on disc size.  The National Gramophone Company, which made Marathons, went out of business shortly before Lyraphone started making discs; it is possible Lyraphone acquired patents and technical advice from Britain.

Also, the Lyric orchestrals and operatics were conducted by J. Louis von der Mehden, formerly of U-S Phonograph, and according to his diaries they used quite a large ensemble of over forty players.

Philip Carli
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From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com [78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Glenn Longwell [glongwell at snet.net]
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Lyric/Lyraphone were US based with no known connection with any European concern, such as Lyrophon.

Glenn

--- On Sun, 11/28/10, Steve Shapiro <steveshapiro1 at juno.com> wrote:

From: Steve Shapiro <steveshapiro1 at juno.com>
Subject: [78-L] Lyric/Lyraphone and Lyrophon/Lyrophone are different companies
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
Date: Sunday, November 28, 2010, 5:44 PM

Unrelated, so it would appear.

True?

Trademark lawsuits?/steve

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