[78-L] 14" Pathe

[martha]

  Sorry if I didn't state the question correctly - question was whether the masters (which I knew to be large cylinders) 
were first copied in metal, so that they wouldn't wear out quickly.   I don't see how they could use a wax original over & 
over, without damaging it. Many of their band and brass solo records were QUITE loud, and the pantograph would have been 
brutal on a wax which had been soft enough for recording.  It would make sense that they'd make at least one metal copy of a 
master, especially in the days when Pathe might sell the same selection in 2-4 sizes of disc and 2 sizes of cylinders. 
Also makes sense that the metal masters had a decent scrap value, and so would have been destroyed long ago.   This is 
probably best asked directly of Ron Dethlefson, but I don't recall my metallic master idea in his book.

 Apparently, Edison also made metal copies of the Kinetophone masters, then pantographed those to boost the volume level, 
which originally had been very low due to the distance of actors from recording horn.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erwin Kluwer" <ekluwer at gmail.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] 14" Pathe


> no, master cylinders were pantographed directly on (wax) discs which were
> processed as any (conventional) orginal master recording.
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> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 7:20 PM, martha <MLK402 at verizon.net> wrote:
 Which raises a question:  Does anyone know if they made metal
>> copies of the masters, and then 'dubbed' from
>> those?  Edison was doing that, prior to Gold-Moulded days.  Pathe issued
>> some old recordings in Actuelle (lateral) form, so the masters must have lasted for many dubs.