Re: [ARSCLIST] unknown celluloid cylinder

[David Lewis <davlew@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kurt,

Your comment brings to mind a cylinder that a collector friend showed me
some years ago. It was fully flexible, robin's egg blue and had no core, but
fit on the mandrel and played just fine. It was of Mendelssohn's "Rondo
Capriccioso" - I can't recall if it had a number, but I think it had a title
but no artist credit. From the playing we all guessed it as Xaver
Scharwenka, but of course that was just a wild guess among three people who
are reasonably conversant with old piano recordings.

Ever run into a title like this, and encounter the name of a pianist?  

David N. Lewis


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Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 7:02 PM
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] unknown celluloid cylinder

At 12:40 PM 9/9/2005, you wrote:

>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."

This is probably 4 minute Indestructible 3266 by Walter Van Brunt.

I have found several Indestructible cylinders that are missing the title 
rim. They sometimes crack and fall off, leaving a cylinder just as you 
describe.

Kurt & Diane Nauck

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