Seconded!
But 78 rpm is actually 78.26 rpm, so why is he using 77.92 rpm?  That's
another 0.43% error.
Ron Roscoe

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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] 78rpm replay speeds & pitch

Welcome to the wonderful world of 78's.  That's just how it is.  You have to
deal with each record as a thing to itself.
Best,
John Haley
On Nov 26, 2015 6:22 PM, "Andrew Hallifax" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> I'm currently digitizing a series of Odeon 78 rpm discs of recordings 
> made in the early 1950s of one particular ensemble and I'm surprised 
> to find that while most discs render A=c440Hz when replayed at 78rpm 
> (77,92) certain exceptional examples deviate by 2% or more. Can anyone 
> suggest a likely cause? In some cases, discs ostensibly recorded on 
> the same day whose two sides bear consecutive matrices, even differ 
> from each other.
> More puzzling still are a couple of discs where the pitch drops 
> gradually by around a quarter of a tone (roughly 3%) during playback 
> of the side. If anyone can suggest the likely or possible cause of 
> this, I'd be delighted to read about it.
> Many thanks
>