[78-L] 1927 Transcription Recorder

[David Lewis]

The annotation to a Bunk Johnson/Yerba Buena session on the Bunk Johnson online discography contains this comment:

"The session was recorded by Pat Patton on a 1927 transcription recorder."

http://www.weijts.scarlet.nl/430412.htm

Does anyone have an idea as to what device this could be referring to? 1927 is really early for home recording, and
to my knowledge such transcriptions as we have from years like 1927 are still being made by the commercial studios.

Uncle Dave Lewis
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