Columbia Matrix number X 2018 (Oct 30, 1922)

Would anyone on this list be able to help answer Sean Davies'
question (below)?  Please respond directly to me if you want
to see the photo of the actual disc.

Please forgive cross-posting.

Thank you.

(I sent this to Mike Biel on 11/2 but have heard nothing.  Has
anyone heard from him recently?)

Doug Pomeroy
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>>> 
>>> Sean Davies is a well known mastering engineer in England.
>> 
>>> Below is his question about an early acoustic recording, and
>>> a photo of it.
>> 
>>> Doug Pomeroy
>>> Audio Restoration & Mastering Services
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>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>> 
>>>> From: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 11:37:30 +0000
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> The picture attached is of a pressing made by Harry Coster in Holland from a Columbia master, 
>>>> Matrix number X 2018 and has the inscription around the edge as follows:
>>>> 
>>>> " Oct 30/22  W.J.D & J.C.H. Electric Recording "
>>>> 
>>>> I think I have the initials correct but am not quite certain.
>>>> 
>>>> The tracks are copies from acoustic recordings of different types of music; one can hear the additional 
>>>> surface noise of the original coming in just after the start of each track.
>>>> 
>>>> I have long believed that Columbia in England were making electrical recordings before the W.E. system 
>>>> and I know that Guest and Merriman ( who recorded the first Service for the Unknown Warrior in 
>>>> Westminster Abbey in 1919 ) went to Columbia in USA afterwards.
>>>> 
>>>> This test disc shows that at least there was a cutting system, although I cannot be certain as to whether 
>>>> the original were dubbed by electrical playback or via a microphone in front of a gramophone.  it is a 
>>>> vital piece in the jigsaw.
>>>> 
>>>> Can you think of anybody who could identify the initials?
>>>> 
>>>> Sean.
>>