I dubbed my Columbia copy of Van Rooy's Beiden Greandiere, recorded
1-7/1906. I also dubbed a second copy, this one on Star. The matrix
numbers are, respectively, 30029-1-3 [M-100-1] and 30029-1-4.

 

Imagine my surprise when I found the Columbia one was almost a half tone
higher than the one on Star, and the Star is about 2 db louder and is a bit
noisier.

 

They are clearly the same take, with a late note in the piano in the same
place in both. The Star label is pasted over a Columbia one. In the
interest of science, I dug through the Star label in search of the [M-100-1]
number there but couldn't find it.

 

I then used the A-440 pitch setting and set it to zero wow or flutter
implementation in Izotope RX-8. Same result.

 

Has anyone a Columbia pressing of take 1-4 and, if so, does it have the M
number ? Mine on the 1-3 copy is under the label just above the matrix
number.

 

The diameter of the recoded surfaces appear identical, or so my index card
measurement tells me.

 

What's going on here?

 

Steve Smolian