The Phonogram (1901-11)

Page scan 0005 from The Phonogram

Record Details:

Title:
The Phonogram
Date:
1901-11
Volume:
The Phonogram (II), Issue 19
Leaf #:
0005
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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POINTS PERTAINING TO THE USE AND CARE OF THE EDISON PHONOGRAPH. ( Commenced in December number .) By C. W. Noyes. Chapter VIII .—More about Record Making. The success of making records depends greatly on the recorder and its adjustment. It must be adjusted to suit the particular kind of record you intend making. The ^lass diaphragms are made in sizes ranging in thickness from .003 to .009. of an inch. Now if you desire to make a loud record your glass must be sensitive enough to vibrate the sapphire point sufficiently well to cut the inden- tations deep and full, but if it is too sensitive, it will not make alpud dear record, as it will blast or over-vibrate on the strong tones. A blast or over vibration is caused by the glass being so sensitive that it allows the vibrations to jump the recording point dear off the surface of the record. You can determine a blast in a record with the naked eye as it will show where the point leaves the surface of the record. Tig I shows indentations which are free from