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

[Bertrand CHAUMELLE]

Could be, but I doubt it.

Le 8 févr. 12, à 18:26, Royal Pemberton a écrit :

> 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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