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Convention Paper

Electrical Reproduction of Acoustically Recorded Cylinders and Disks

Authors: Owen, Tom; Fesler, John C.

AES Convention 70 · Paper 1854 · October 1981

Abstract

This paper will discuss the audio restoration and electrical recording of the Napleson cylinders from the 1901, 1902, and 1903 Metropolitan Opera seasons. Original Edison blanks were shaved and recorded (under controlled conditions) with pink noise, tone sweeps, digital-generated-frequency-source signal, and simultaneous recording, acoustically and electrically, of a wind ensemble. Acoustical analysis, groove analysis, wax formulation, surface-to-noise content, and horn-resonance frequencies were sampled and plotted. Slides and musical examples verify the results achieved.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 70
AES Convention
70
Paper number
1854
Publication date
October 6, 1981
Session subject
Studio Technology
Affiliation
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, Performing Arts Research Center at Lincoln Center, New York, NY ; International Tapetronics Corporation, Bloomington, IL (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper