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      • [Brown wax home recording of whistling over commercial recording of Waltz medley on orchestra bells, followed by male speech about postmaster].

[Brown wax home recording of whistling over commercial recording of Waltz medley on orchestra bells, followed by male speech about postmaster].

Cylinder13287

Performer:
Embree, Frank Lawrence
Place of Publication:
[United States],
Issued Date:
1898
Genres:
Personal recordings
Notes:

The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Frank Lawrence Embree Collection, Set Number: 294-26, Originally acquired: The Musical Wonder House Collection, 2011).

Modified commercial brown wax cylinder.

Frank Lawrence Embree.

Description:

Whistling recorded over commercial recording of waltz medley on orchestra bells. Male speech at end: "They tell me Tom [or John?] Faber is getting kind of tired and he's going down, I suppose he's got a lot of work to do, these postmasters have so much work all the time, but Tom seems to think it's kind of easy--"

Physical Description:
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 129.0 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/f337784w
Catalog System Number:
990041103400203776
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.