[78-L] Melotone Recording Studio, Manhattan

[Joel Bresler]

Some further information on Melotone and its proprietress. 

Melotone Recording Studio, 25 Central Park West, was operated by Mera
Machnes Weinstock who resided at the same address. She filed a business
certificate for the studio in 1938. An ad in the New York Times, December
11, 1956, offers: "RECORDS, taken in our studio of broadcasts, televisions,
etc. Several hundred for sale. Melotone, CI 6-1366." 

Mera Machnes was born 19 March 1887 in Germany. Married Davis Weinstock;
died June 1975 while residing in zip code 10023 (which is the same zip as 25
CPW, though I don't know if she was still living there when she passed.)
Before her marriage she concertized as a soprano. 

Best,

Joel Bresler, Publisher
www.sephardicmusic.org 
250 E. Emerson Road
Lexington, MA 02420
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-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Bresler [mailto:joel.br at verizon.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 12:56 PM
To: '78-L Mail List'
Subject: RE: [78-L] Melotone Recording Studio, Manhattan

Dear friends:

Following up on my message of 2009(!) I am still trying to get information
on a set of Folk Songs by Sarah Gorby recorded at the Melotone Recording
studio in Manhattan. Dating these recordings is a matter of some importance
to friend who is an ethnomusicologist. 

You may see a listing about the recordings here: http://tinyurl.com/lsz3bml
and an example of a label from the series is here
http://78rpmrecord.com/labelshow.cfm?whichLabel=3608 (thanks to Tyrone
Settlemier)
	
There are no numbers on the label, but the side I am researching is "Abram
Avinu", matrix 242A. 

Thanks in advance for your insights. 

Best,

Joel


Joel Bresler, Publisher
www.sephardicmusic.org 
250 E. Emerson Road
Lexington, MA 02420
United States

1-781-862-4104 (Telephone & FAX)
joel.br at verizon.net
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P.S.In '09, David Lennick noted: 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of David Lennick
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 1:05 AM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Melotone Recording Studio, Manhattan

This Melotone was the one that recorded Florence Foster Jenkins and which
provided recording services for vanity pressings as well as some commercial
issues such as a Richard Dyer-Bennet set on Stinson (recorded with
Melotone's usual incompetence, a wide margin and running onto the label).
FloJay's highest number is 194 and she died in late 1944, if this helps.

dl