Re: arsclist playback of deceliths

["Bernd Wichert" <b_wichert@xxxxxx>]

Dear George:
what do you mean with  "post-war". There are a small number of discs
recorded in
the post-WWII era (e.g. I have got one with a report on criminal courts in
the
Soviet Occupied Zone -later GDR- rec. approx.1947) but these seem to be
"the rest" of material left from the war-times. German radio recorded on
tape
at the end of the 1940s. That's why so many fine radio dramatizations have
disappeared:
the broadcasting stations erased the tapes for the next recording.
All of my discs are black and flexible and carry the hand-written contents
and a
number (prob.a registration number). They were stored or delivered in round
metal-boxes
of the same size.
Regards,
Bernard Wichert
b_wichert@xxxxxx


----- Original Message -----
From: "George Brock-Nannestad" <pattac@xxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: arsclist playback of deceliths


> Hello, David and Bernd in particular, but otherwise all interested in
> mechanical recordings:
>
> Decelith came in two types: before ca. 1938 there was only the
> transparent type, solid stock, and they were covered with a waxy
> lubricant. Ca. 1938 a new type appeared: black and rubbery layers
> on a white (yet to be determined, but probably cellulose acetate)
> carrier layer. These latter were considerably more flexible, and they
> were actually manufactured post-war in Germany. I have obtained a
> small stock of unrecorded discs of both types and am currently
> planning some experiments in cutting signals onto them (I regularly
> use a 78rpm record cutting machine). And obviously I will also
> reproduce them afterwards to determine the "transparency" of the
> system. A report will be forthcoming.
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
> George
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