[78-L] oldest metal parts

Erwin Kluwer ekluwer at gmail.com
Sun Oct 14 04:29:15 PDT 2012


The zinc Berliners are positive and thus can played directly..

On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 3:05 AM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com <
neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com> wrote:

> So were these vinyls pressed from metal parts, or transfers made direct
> to CD from the metal parts without the extra generation of a pressing?
>
> I would like to discover the oldest existing metal part that can be
> heard as a direct transfer, not a pressing made there from.
>
> For clarity, are the Berliners positives or negatives?
>
> These would certainly be interesting to hear in direct transfers.
>
> Thanks,
>
> joe salerno
>
> On 10/13/2012 12:01 PM, Erwin Kluwer wrote:
> > Historic Master released quite some 1902 recordings from the original
> > metals: among them recordings of Battistini, Van Rooy, etc.. Indeed some
> of
> > the 1902 metals of Caruso are know to exist.. ... Even further there are
> > surviving zinc masters of Berliner recordings, actually I own some of
> > those....
> >
> > Erwin
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 7:51 PM, David Weiner <djwein at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> The 1904 Nellie Melba & Tamango classical discs, reissued by Historic
> >> Masters? I believe a few of the 1902 Caruso G&Ts still exist as metal
> >> parts - or am I wrong?
> >>
> >> Dave Weiner
> >>
> >> On 10/12/12 1:42 PM, "neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com"
> >> <neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> What are the oldest metal parts known to survive? Has anyone ever
> issued
> >>> same on a CD or LP?
> >>>
> >>> The oldest I am thinking of are those of the DDs at the Edison
> >>> Historical site, but have not been reissued.
> >>>
> >>> Anything older?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
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