[78-L] What's 74RPM as a percentage from 78?

[David Lennick]

On 3/14/2011 1:00 PM, Jeff Lichtman wrote:
>
>> Got a spoken word record here, the label indicating that the proper playback
>> speed is 74RPM. So that's not something I can pitch by ear. How far down
>> (percent) should I take this?
>>
>> dl
>
> 74 RPM is about 94.6% of 78.26 RPM, or about 5.4% slower than 78.26 RPM.
>
> Is this a trick question?

Nope..7% sounded acceptable but I'll go with 5.4%. It's one of those HMV 
Historical reissues. Thanks.

dl