>There is, as pointed out by John Ross, a suggestion that Queen Victoria >recorded a message, on disc, for the King of Ethiopia and it was destroyed >according to her wishes after it was played to the King. No copies have so >far surfaced, nor remnants of the original. I believe the recording was on a cylinder. If memory serves, King Menelik (sp?) and his Queen sent responses on cylinder - these recordings have been preserved and were transferred a few years ago by Joe Pengelly. Kurt & Diane Nauck c/o Nauck's Vintage Records 22004 Sherrod Ln. Spring, TX 77389 Website: www.78rpm.com E-Mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: (281) 288-7826 Fax: (425) 930-6862