Hi Rick,I never thought of playing them on a modern turntable, but I did this with Diamond Discs and they sounded much better than I thought. My problem is my turntable only does 33 and 45.Thanks for the wonderful idea.Steve> From: [email protected]> Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 14:13:32 -0400> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Marconi Velvet Tone discs> To: [email protected]> > In a message dated 7/4/2007 10:23:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes:> > > Do you play yours? I thought they were too fragile to play. How do you > > keep them from slipping? I am now curious how these sound.> > > Hi All, > Well, I'm not Robert but I play my Marconi Records. I merely play them on a > modern lightweight tone arm electric 78 rpm phonograph. The sound can be simple > awsome! I have also played a few Columbias from the same era that seem to > blow away the Victors with depth and roundness on tone. > However, something changed in Columbia's recording equipment and by the time > the Blue Label records came out the sound quality in the lower range seems to > have greatly diminished.> My only assumption is that the strong notes in the lower register were > causing damage to the reproducers used in the Columbia. The mica would finally > start to disintigrate from the extra strong vibration and caused that squealing > sound at certain tones and if the reproducer was too stiff the damage to the > grooves would soon become apparant.> Just my personal observations.> Sincerely.> Rick A. Jorgensen> > AMERICAN GRAMOPHONE & WIRELESS Co.> http://members.aol.com/AGW1886/index.html> GOLDEN ERA AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION> http://members.aol.com/AGW1888/geaahome.htm> > > > **************************************> See what's free at http://www.aol.com.> _______________________________________________> Phono-L mailing list> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org From [email protected] Wed Jul 4 17:30:33 2007 From: [email protected] (Robert Wright) Date: Wed Jul 4 17:36:12 2007 Subject: [Phono-L] Marconi Velvet Tone discs(Fonotipia) References: <[email protected]> <013801c7be93$0b298990$6401a...@custom> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Ohhhh Bruce would I love to see that. Your assumptions make perfect sense! That might be as close as most of us will get to seeing an actual Marconi Fonotipia. Thanks in advance! Best, Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "bruce78rpm" <[email protected]> >A few years ago I acquired a 12" Fonotipia Record: 74000(A4737) La Boheme >Che Gelia manina by Alessandro Bonci recorded in Milan, backed by 74006 >(A3316) Faust Salve dimora also recorded in Milan by Bonci. The strange >thing about the label is that in the two spaces that would ordinarily refer >to Tenor Solo (to the left of the spindle hole) and In Italian(to the right >of the Spindle Hole) are clearly printed the words "MARCONI" and VELVET >TONE on both sides of the record. There was an unsuccessful attempt to rub >these words out, but they are still clearly visible. I would assume now >since I read your comments about some fonotipia masters used for Velvetone >recordings that when the Velvetone records failed, these >Phonotypic-MARCONI-VELVET TONE labels were used instead on regular shellac >Phonotypic 12" records. If anyone would like to see the scan of one these >sides I would be happy to supply it for your research. > > Best Regards, > > Bruce
