What is needed now is to get these scientists an original tin foil recording. Their method should be able to recover the sound recorded on the sheet which was once wrapped around a mandrel.
Ron L -----Original Message----- From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.com [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.com]on Behalf Of Daniel Melvin Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 10:37 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] wow! TAE on the front page of the SF Chronicle today! 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 > _______________________________________________ Phono-l mailing list phon...@oldcrank.com http://mail.oldcrank.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com
