[78-L] at suffix

[Kristjan Saag]

Hi, Chris,
It could be either way: the trio travelled to the studios in Berlin or 
Hanover or the engineer travelled to the Netherlands.
Remember, the engineer suffixes were personal and accompanied the 
engineer's work, wherever he was. F W Gaisberg, for instance, recorded 
mx:s 19649b-19890b in Stockholm from November 3 - November 13 in 1915, 
and continued with mx's 19891b - 19960b in Copenhagen between November 
15 and November 18.
During these visits he recorded both solo performances and small combos, 
but also orchestral recordings with local orchestras, mostly labelled 
The Grammofon Orkester Stockholm and The Grammofon Orkester Koebenhavn, 
some of these orchestras probably being local military bands. This was 
the acoustic era, so my guess is that the engineers did the travelling 
except when famous visiting artists and orchestras were in town...
I'm not sure what the catalogue number indicates. The 49000 series was 
German, but the H?
Any of our German acoustic collectors knows?
"Made In Germany" probably means where the record was pressed.
Kristjan





On 2016-02-12 10:56, Christopher Steward wrote:
> Hi Kristjan, Thanks for your reply.The disc is Gramophone-Record 
> H49017/8 [1073at/1090at] (Made in Germany). Heimweh 
> (Jungmannn)/Serenade (Gounod)Nederlandsch Instrumental Trio (violin, 
> flute, harp - side 1; cello, flute, harp - side 2) I found a reference 
> in the linked article to the 'at' suffix on p. 16, which indicates 
> that the recording is German in origin. Could that have involved a 
> German engineer working in the Netherlands? Chris From: Kristjan Saag 
> <saag at telia.com.invalid> To: 78-L Mail List 
> <78-l at klickitat.78online.com> Sent: Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 11:18 
> Subject: Re: [78-L] at suffix According to this list... 
> http://charm.cchcdn.net/redist/pdf/general_introduction.pdf ...it 
> looks like your recording has a Deutsche Grammophon-suffix. As I'm 
> sure you know the suffixes indicated the name of the recording 
> engineer, and was a worldwide list, including engineers in France, 
> Germany etc. But there's no mention of the at suffix there. In WW1 the 
> German branch of Gramophone Company was nationalized but continued to 
> use Gramophone Company's suffix system, with its own letter 
> combinations, but also labelled the discs Schallplatte "Grammophon" or 
> even Gramophone Record. It'd be interesting to know the title and mx 
> number of the record you have. Kristjan On 2016-02-09 10:41, 
> Christopher Steward wrote:
>> Hallo,I have an acoustic Gramophone Co disc with matrix suffix at. 
>> Can anyone tell me the origin of this - is there a source of 
>> information about acoustic non-British suffixes? Thanks, Chris 
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