Re: [ARSCLIST] Robert Johnson recording equipment query

[Art Shifrin <goldens2@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Ann Tomoko Yamamoto" <yamamoto_ann@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 12:10 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Robert Johnson recording equipment query


> Dear ARSCLIST,
>
> I'm doing research for a documentary about the blues musician Robert
> Johnson, and we're trying to track down the recording equipment used for
his
> recording session in 1937 in Dallas, Texas.
>
> I've been browsing through the ARSCLIST archives, and I hope I'm not
> committing a huge faux pas by jumping in with this question...
>
> I've been able to find out so far that the recording was done at the
> American Record Company's warehouse in Dallas on 6/20/37. Also, I've read
> that the recording equipment used 1-1.5 inches of hard beeswax, cut with a
> diamond needle, and the master was kept under ice to keep it from melting.
>
> Is it possible to find out the exact kind of recording equipment that was
> used for the session? And if so, does anyone happen to know where I can
> track down one of these recording machines/devices?
>
> Thank you, and best regards,
>
> Ann Yamamoto
>
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