Re: [ARSCLIST] Modern Cylinder Phonograph

[Dnjchi@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 10/18/2007 7:17:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
david_breneman@xxxxxxxxx writes:

--- Tom  Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  My dad had  a
> few tricks on recording from 
> Edison horns, but I don't know  any of them.

I think the main goal, if you're doing it accoustically,  is
to have as little air mass between the diaphragm of the
reproducer  and the diaphragm of the microphone as possible.
I picked up a couple old  Shure lavs a few years ago.  


Or, as I did, locate one of those mikes that came with the cassette  
recorders a decade or so ago.  Find a piece of rubber tubing that just fits  over the 
Edicon soundbox sleeve.  Then tape the hose (a piece about two  inches long) 
onto the head of the mike.  Place the tubing onto the  soundbox, and the 
assembly will probably not need to supported; it depends on  the weight of the mike. 
Feed the output into a flat input of the amplifier,  preferably a mike input. 
 The sound is quite respectable.
 
Don Chichester
 
Don Chichester



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