Wow, this is amazing. To hear the samples on the scientists' website is probably best done with a high speed internet connection, but the blue amberol optical recording is beyond belief!
Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Fraser" <pjfra...@alamedanet.net> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phon...@oldcrank.com> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 8:08 AM Subject: [Phono-L] wow! TAE on the front page of the SF Chronicle today! > Gang - > > Imagine my surprise this morning to find a lengthy article about > scientists doing optical recovery of sound from moldy cylinders and > damaged discs, including a color picture of an Edison Standard: > > <http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/07/12/ > MNGJP7JRC21.DTL> > > the scientists' website is: > > <http://www-cdf.lbl.gov/~av/> > > pretty cool... > > -- Peter > pjfra...@alamedanet.net > > "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that > we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only > unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American > public." > -- Theodore Roosevelt, speaking on President Wilson's crackdown on > dissent after the U.S. entered W.W.I > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-l mailing list > phon...@oldcrank.com > http://mail.oldcrank.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com >
