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K o. 6 The PHONOGRAM VOL. in POINTS PERTAINING TO THE USE AND CARE OF THE EDISON PHONOGRAPH. ^ p » ( Commenced in December number .) By C. W. Noyes. Chapter VII. Continued —Record Making. The vowel sound of O s perhaps the hardest to record I > ^ # without a blast and much trouble with this sound is ex- perienced by beginners. I do not wish to discourage my readers by leading them to believe that only experienced Phonograph singers can make successful records, for this is not the case j but it is a fact that only experienced Phono- graph singers can make as loud records as the marketed article. It is not absolutely necessary' however that a record be loud; as the sweetest tone records are the ones that are soft and natural. It is a very interesting problem and will afford the reader much pleasure if he takes the time to make a patient study of record making. The writer has a collection of very interesting records and the ones he thinks the most of are the ones he has made with his own Phono- graph, outside of the laboratory. One record among this collection is of a steam calliope, taken on a river steamboat while it was in mid streamj and the tones are as sweet and natural as the original although it is not at all loud. An- other record which is very interesting is of a parade, and of the different bands as they pass the machine, coming from a distance and growing louder and nearer, then passing away and the next one coming. One peculiar feature of I Copyright 1901, by Herbert A. Sshattuck.