[78-L] 14" Pathes.

[David Lennick]

On 1/6/2011 4:36 PM, Philip Carli wrote:
> I have a 11 1/2" British Pathe from about 1914 of two highly abridged movements from the Tchaikovsky 6th (the first recs. of any part of the work) by the Pathe Symphony Orchestra, presumably under Lillian Bryant, and the speed at score pitch is 68 rpm -- honest.  I wondered because when I first got the disc I put it on at 90 and it was unrecognizeable gobbledygook,

No, you thought it was early Albert Coates.

> so I backed it down and down and down...I've never seen anything like it. I've been looking for the other disc of this set for years to compare as part of my work on Bryant.  Consistency wasn't a priority at Pathe, it appears...PC
>
Some Maurice Chevalier early electricals sound like Mickey Mouse till you bring 
them down to about 70, as I recall. And those are from French Columbia.

dl