In a message dated 7/14/04 6:28:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: It will probably take some doing with the 1880 Sarah - she has been divided over the years. ------------- The fact that it has been cut in half is relatively minor since the recording has to be digitally "stitched" together anyway to track from one groove to the next once it is in the flat. They don't consider that to be an important issue. What will be difficult, however, is working around all the other damage -- crushed grooves, crumbling foil, holes, etc. There is only one smal section on that sheet which is undamaged. I doubt that a really good transcription could ever be gotten from it, but at the very least it should be possible to hear if the voice on the foil is female and French-accented. But who knows, with enough effort it might be almost completely audible. It's definitely an exciting prospect.
Best regards, Rene From AllenAmet Wed Jul 14 21:21:06 2004 From: AllenAmet ([email protected]) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:47 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] wow! TAE on the front page of the SF Chronicle today! Message-ID: <[email protected]> In a message dated 7/14/2004 9:58:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > But who knows, with enough effort it might be almost completely audible. > It's definitely an exciting > prospect. > ************ Hi Rene, The Nov 1880 newspaper, if I recall, does mention what the contents are, in terms of what she sang and recited that night. That may help a bit. It would be great to have Sarah "together" again! Allen
