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

[Don Chichester]

Better fidelity at 100 rpm, a necessity for teaching English pronunciation.
 
Don
 

> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:26:24 +0000
> From: ampex354 at gmail.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] 20" Pathe, yours for only 5 grand!
> 
> 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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