[78-L] 20" Pathe, yours for only 5 grand!

[Royal Pemberton]

Classroom use?

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Bertrand CHAUMELLE <chaumelle at orange.fr>wrote:

> I have one 16" Pathé (Pathégraphe- Cours d'anglais C1424) with the same
> sleeve as shown on the 20" record. The speed is 100rpm and it can be
> played on any phonograph (vertical cut), they say. But why would it be
> necessary to have loudness for English lessons ?
>
> BC
> >
> > On 2/7/2012 9:27 AM, bruce78rpm at comcast.net wrote:
> >> These 16" Vertical Groove Pathe records were from the early 1920's,
> >> designed to play at very high speed (120 rpm) I believe, and thus
> >> create the louder sound necessary to play in dance halls, or large
> >> auditoriums. They were advertised to play only on a Pathe Concert
> >> Actuelle Phonograph. I have only seen photos of a Concert Actuelle
> >> Phonograph, but I have heard that there is actually one that exists
> >> and owned by someone in the New York area. You can also play these
> >> records on a more modern Transcription Turntable.
> >>
> >> Bruce
> >>
>
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