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      • [Brown wax home recording of experiments recording with horns of different lengths and materials, probably by "EGW"].

[Brown wax home recording of experiments recording with horns of different lengths and materials, probably by "EGW"].

Cylinder12841

Place of Publication:
[Place of production unknown],
Issued Date:
1897
Genres:
Personal recordings
Notes:

EGW (?).

Brown wax cylinder.

Inscription on box: "Experiment with horn EGW."

The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Set Number: 121-01, Originally acquired: Fred Williams, May 2008).

Place of recording likely the United States.

Description:

A series of announced experiments recording with horns of different lengths and materials. "Experiment, short tin horn"; "long brass horn"; "long paper horn"; "short paper horn," all conducted with a kazoo (?); then experiments with male vocal "Asleep in the Deep": "short paper horn"; "short tin horn"; "long paper horn"; "long tin horn"; finally, experiments on another male vocal selection: "two feet from short paper horn"; "two feet from short tin horn," etc. The initials "EGW" on the box probably refer to the performer/experimenter.

Physical Description:
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 124.4 rpm ; 2 1/4 x 4 in.
Format:
Audio musical
Collection(s):
Cylinder Audio Archive
Library Location:
Department of Special Research Collections
ARK:
ark:/48907/f3g73d6b
Catalog System Number:
990041107860203776
Copyright Holder:
University of California (System). Regents
Restrictions:

MP3 files of the restored cylinders available for download are copyrighted by the Regents of the University of California. They are licensed for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License. Acknowledgments for reuse of the transfers should read "University of California, Santa Barbara Library." The original wav files (either unedited or restored) can be provided upon request for commercial or non-commercial use such as CD reissues, film/tv synchronization, use on websites or in exhibits. The University of California makes no claims or warranties as to the copyright status of the original recordings and charges a use fee for the use of the transfers. Please contact the University of California, Santa Barbara Library Department of Special Research Collections for information on licensing cylinder transfers.