[78-L] Metropolitan Opera broadcasts in the old house [FWD]

[Royal Pemberton]

The 44 series first appeared in 1931.  (The Shure 55 series first appeared
in 1939.)

On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Dan Van Landingham <
danvanlandingham at yahoo.com> wrote:

> The only other mic I remember seeing pictures was a Shure 55H.When did RCA
> come
> out with
> the 44?I've seen a few pictures of Tommy Dorsey and he was always in front
> of a
> 44.
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Mike Harkin <xxm.harkin at yahoo.com>
> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Sun, December 26, 2010 1:44:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Metropolitan Opera broadcasts in the old house [FWD]
>
> FWIW, I can't remember ever seeing this type of mic [Altec] in CBS, NBC
> or Mutual studios when I lived in LA in the late 40's and early 50's, and
> used
> to attend broadcasts in their various Hollywood studios.  They were always
> RCA
> 44's.  Same with any stills of radio broadcasts....
>
> Mike in Plovdiv
>
> --- On Sat, 12/25/10, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com>
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] Metropolitan Opera broadcasts in the old house
> > To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> > Date: Saturday, December 25, 2010, 1:51 PM
> > On 12/25/2010 3:00 AM, Kevin P.
> > Mostyn wrote:
> > > Perhaps several Western Electric / Altec 639 series.
> > Very popular radio
> > > microphone, selectable pattern, used often in
> > symphonic broadcasts of that
> > > era. I have one or two of them.
> > >
> > > http://www.coutant.org/altec639/
> >
> > This was NBC, and they never used Western Electric mics,
> > ONLY RCA.
> > Other than Mutual Broadcasting System and Decca Records,
> > which had a
> > relationship then an ownership with World Broadcasting
> > System, where
> > have you seen photos of a 639 used for symphonic broadcasts
> > or
> > recordings?  Even Columbia Records had an RCA 44 in
> > their logo!  I'm not
> > sure if I've ever seen a 639 in a CBS or NBC photograph,
> > only in MBS.
> > > The Myto CDs were issued from "n"th generation tapes
> > and are not necessarily
> > > representative of the actual sound of the broadcasts.
> > Somewhere here I do
> > > have NBC 16" discs of a 1939 MET broadcast. I should
> > drag them out and find
> > > out how the broadcasts sounded, at least to the extent
> > we can hear from ETs.
> > >
> > > --Kevin Mostyn
> > >
> >
> > Be sure to note on the NBC discs what city is shown as
> > where it was
> > recorded.  Only New York recordings would have the
> > possibility of full
> > frequency response although you do get highs to maybe 12K
> > in Chicago
> > recordings from New York originations.
> >
> > Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> > > [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]
> > On Behalf Of Stewart, Joseph R
> > > Sent: Friday, December 24, 2010 8:58 PM
> > > To: '78-l at klickitat.78online.com'
> > > Subject: [78-L] Metropolitan Opera broadcasts in the
> > old house
> > >
> > > (Not strictly a "78" question, but dating from the 78
> > era to be sure...)
> > > This is probably a question for Mike Biel or Liz
> > McLeod (or anyone else with
> > > radio-history knowledge), and maybe an odd one at
> > that.  It was inspired by
> > > listening to the Myto CD transfer of the January 4,
> > 1941 Met broadcast of
> > > Wagner's "Tannhauser"
> > (Melchior/Flagstad/Thorborg/Janssen/Leinsdorf).  I
> > > don't think I've ever seen any references to what
> > kind(s) of MICROPHONES
> > > were used on the stage and in the pit at the Old Met
> > for the broadcasts.  I
> > > have trouble imaging a row of RCA 44BXs or 77s along
> > the stage apron(!)...
> > > so can anyone enlighten me as to what mics NBC Blue
> > might have used on the
> > > Met broadcasts in the 30s, 40s, and/or
> > 50s?   Rarely if ever, at least on
> > > the broadcast transcriptions I've heard, does the
> > sound have the high-end
> > > brightness NBC achieved in Studio 8H and Carnegie Hall
> > for Toscanini... and
> > > most of the Met broadcasts of that era seem to be
> > woefully deficient in bass
> > > response (this "Tannhauser" included).
> > >
> > > Thanks and happy holidays to all!
> > >
> > > Randy Stewart
> > > Arts Producer
> > > KSMU Radio
> > > Springfield MO
> > >
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