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On 27/04/07, Michael Shoshani wrote: > Don Cox wrote: > >> Acoustic recordings were often made with more than one horn. I >> haven't been able to find a picture of this, or to find out how the >> sounds were combined. > > Gennett. Do a Google image search for Gennett Studios and you will > find pictures of Gennett's double-horn studios. They had two horns set > out at about a 45 degree angle from each other, the one on the right > much larger in diameter than the one on the left. > > In one picture (which can be seen at > http://www.waynet.org/nonprofit/images/williamjenningsbryangennet.jpg > , William Jennings Bryan can be seen recording his "Cross of Gold" > speech into the smaller horn, while a tiny orchestra is playing an > accompaniment into the larger horn. > > I'm very puzzled about the absence of the James/Shaw picture in The > Fabulous Phonograph...I could have sworn that it was in that book, but > now two people say it is not in their editions. Hm. > Maybe it was only in the first edition. Or maybe it was in another book - memory plays tricks. Regards -- Don Cox [log in to unmask]