It was recorded by Will Gaisberg, Fred's brother. I read somewhere that
eventually it killed him.

Steve Smolian

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Fine
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2012 1:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] ARSC Kansas City

Ryan, does the museum have audio of the HMV disk labelled as audio of a gas
attack being launched on
German positions? That is some scary audio!

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Barna" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2012 12:18 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] ARSC Kansas City


If anyone is going to the ARSC conference in Kansas City next year, I would
highly recommend
visiting the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial. I was
surprised to find that it was
not listed as one of the local attractions in the outreach email, yet it's
closer to the Kansas City
Marriott Country Club Plaza than almost all of the other attractions they
listed (the only exception
is the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art). World War I has always been one of my
absolute favorite
historical subjects during my years of collecting and researching acoustic
sound recordings (that,
and the Titanic). The museum has sound booths where visitors can listen to
period recordings. If my
memory is correct, there is also an Edison Army Navy Diamond Disc phonograph
on display that had
seen better days. But even if you're slightly fond of Cohan's "Over There,"
you'll enjoy this. I
don't know if there is public transportation to it (although if you're
coming by Amtrak, it's in
walking distance from the station). It's almost 3 miles north of the
Marriott. If you can find any
time to squeeze in during the conference, most people can walk and casually
browse through the
museum in an hour (but if you're a big fan of the period like me, and want
to digest everything,
three hours is barely enough). Their website is www.theworldwar.org. -Ryan