Re: [ARSCLIST] unknown celluloid cylinder

["Copeland, Peter" <Peter.Copeland@xxxxx>]

Dear David,
    I am very sorry to be so long in answering your query; but I believe
I have a cylinder like that myself. It's in my private collection at
home, and I believe it was a "bargain price" type (possibly costing
tenpence or a shilling). When I have a moment, I shall dig it out and
let you know. I also have some editions of the British trade journals
"Sound Wave" and "Talking Machine Review"; it is even possible I may be
able to date it! I get the impression such cylinders filled a market
niche, to be given away to customers who bought a phonograph as opposed
to a gramophone.
Peter Copeland
<peter.copeland@xxxxxxxxxx>

-----Original Message-----
From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
[mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Seubert
Sent: 09 September 2005 19:41
To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ARSCLIST] unknown celluloid cylinder

I have a celluloid (or some type of plastic) cylinder that I can't 
identify. Perhaps somebody here can help. It is a standard-sized, 
two-minute cylinder with a cardboard core with a metal ring at the 
beginning of the cylinder with a thin layer of black celluloid over the 
top. The bottom of the celluloid layer appears blue. There is no 
celluloid lip on either end and no writing on the cylinder. The cylinder

wall itself is quite a bit thinner than a typical cylinder and is not 
tapered. The cylinder is not announced, but the pop song is "When I get 
you alone tonight."

Any ideas?

David

-- 
David Seubert, Curator
Performing Arts Collection
Davidson Library
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010
Tel: 805-893-5444 Fax: 805-893-5749
seubert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/pa/

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