Klarinet Archive - Posting 000904.txt from 1998/07

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Cylinder Recordings
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 22:51:58 -0400

The cylinders I was speaking of are both the Edison cylinders and one
other brand which escapes my memory. Edison cylinders, according to Dr.
Stanford, are 4.5 minutes in length - at least the ones he has
(approximately 100 or so). Apparently (that is, if I was paying close
enough attention) the cylinders ran at different lengths depending on what
kind - there were several different types of Edison cylinders.

Roger Garrett
IWU

On Thu, 23 Jul 1998 HatNYC62@-----.com wrote:

> Are we really talking about Edison cylinders here? Or are we talking about
> flat shellac discs? Edison Cylinders are considerably shorter in length than
> 4.5 minutes (although a 12' 78 rpm disc runs about that time). In any case, I
> agree that many fascinating recordings were made during the early years of
> recording.
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