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

[Mike Harkin]

Anglophones in general are averse to learning other languages [and mostly have atrocious accents if they do bother.  They figure tthat if they just speak English LOUD enough, the poor benighted furriner is bound to understand!

Hence the need for added volume for English lessons.

Mike in Plovdiv

--- On Wed, 2/8/12, Don Chichester <dnjchi78 at live.com> wrote:

> From: Don Chichester <dnjchi78 at live.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] 20" Pathe, yours for only 5 grand!
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 8:25 PM
> 
> 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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