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The Phonogram (1901-05)

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Record Details:

Title:
The Phonogram
Date:
1901-05
Volume:
The Phonogram (II), Issue 13
Leaf #:
0001
Language:
English
Subjects:
honograph,"Phonograph History, Thomas Edison","National Phonograph Company","Sound Recording History
Collection:
Recorded Sound
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 20, 2022
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sNO. I The PHONOGRAM VOL. in POINTS PERTAINING TO THE USE ANE OF THE EDISON PHONOGRAPH. ( Commenced in December number .) By C. W. Noyes. Chapter IV. ( concluded) A waver in the reproduction is caused by the mandrel being loose in its bearings or centers, or by the record being out of true to the extent that the reproducer point touches it only on one side. If this is the case, the record should be twisted or turned to another position on the mandrel and this will often true it up. If the mandrel is loose between centers, remove the belt and take hold of the mandrel with one hand and see how much end play it has. It should have very little; only enough to allow it to revolve freely. If it has too much end play, tighten up the center in the end-gate. Now by a waver in a record I do not mean a discord or change of key; a waver is merely an irregularity in the reproduction—first loud, then hunt, (seemingly one side of record loud and the other faint). What is more annoying than a machine which discord or changes key ? To the musical as well as the uneducated ear this is simply maddening. The operator is mortified and the audience repelled by the horrible sounds the machine emits and the interest of the listeners is greatly lessened. If your machine has a tendency to reproduce its records in sharps, fiats and Copyright 1901, by Herbert A. Shattuck. * IT Trf ...S/ 1