[78-L] Violin 78 acousticals

[Sam]

The video that Michael writes about can be viewed here:
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/vid/7/78rpm-history/making-of-the-emi-centenary-recording-78rpm






On 21/12/2011, at 8:14 AM, Michael Biel wrote:

> This should be easy.  There is a working acoustical disc recording
> machine in the EMI Archive, probably in Hayes, Middlesex.  It was used
> to make the 100th anniversary Berliner/HMV recording in 1998.  The major
> problems might be the turmoil at EMI and the status of the EMI Archive,
> as well as getting the violin and the machine together.  The video of
> the recording session had been on youtube but I can't find it now. 
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [78-L] Fwd: Violin 78 acousticals
> From: AllenAmet at aol.com
> Date: Tue, December 20, 2011 3:34 pm
> To: 78-l at 78online.com
> 
> FYI: Fwd:
> 
> Greetings.
> 
> I have been asked by a representative of the Violin Society of America
> to 
> assist with an experimental acoustical research project involving the 
> musical-instrument collection of the United States Library of Congress.
> 
> Our goal is to make a high-resolution digital recording of an excellent 
> violinist playing the 1742 Guarneri del Gèsu violin that was once the
> concert 
> instrument of Fritz Kreisler.
> 
> In addition, the principal investigator hopes to make an
> acoustically-cut 
> 78 rpm recording, which could then be played back on a Victrola, and
> that 
> sound would then be recorded in high-definition digital sound. We would
> then 
> hope to derive the transfer function of the acoustical recording
> process, 
> end-to-end.
> 
> Our reason for wishing for this is that Fritz Kreisler himself believed 
> that the recording process that was most true to his tone was the
> acoustical 
> process, and that after the advent of electrical recording, things got 
> worse and not better.
> 
> Right now, our difficulty is that while there are many well-preserved 
> Edison Cylinder recorders, we have been unable to locate a working 78
> rpm disc 
> recorder, master lathe, or whatever the proper term is. We hope that you
> 
> will be able to assist us in this regard.
> 
> My tentative explanation is that upon the development of electrical 
> recording, the existing acoustical disc recorders were converted,
> because their 
> turntables and motors were the same.
> 
> In any event, we will appreciate any help you can give us.
> 
> Cordially,
> 
> John Marks
> 
> Senior Contributing Editor and Columnist, Stereophile magazine 
> www.stereophile.com 
> Audio Columnist, Listen magazine www.listenmusicmag.com
> Record Producer, www.jmrcds.com 
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