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Many of these were zinc. There was a cheap attachment with a "yell into it" horn. I've never recovered any intelligible audio from any of these. They are c. 1920. Steve Smolian -----Original Message----- From: David Lewis Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 8:26 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] presumably very early pre-grooved disks I had Echo discs like this. Don't expect sound, although as objects they are still interesting. I once transferred my Echo discs and magnified them a gazillion times and discovered that there *was* the faint sound of the piano on them, but it wasn't intelligible. I look forward to the day when someone finds a disc of this type that yields intelligible audio. Uncle Dave Lewis Lebanon, OH On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 7:24 PM, Art Shifrin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Gang, > > Today amongst my shelves I rediscovered a pair of 6" apparently non > laminated metal disks. > > They're self-evidently intended for use on a acoustic phonograph. There's > one sleeve. The instructions on it state "...Sing into the sound box > loudly > and distinctly; if possible, use a megaphone. When you have finished, play > it over again and hear YOUR voice..." They have two different pre-printed > labels but their layout and color (royal blue background with gold > lettering) are very similar. One's "MARVEL VOICE". The other's > "REPEAT-A-VOICE". They are relatively heavy: seemingly heavier (for the > diameter) than if they were of the`'typical' uncoated aluminum recording > blank stock of greater size. > > If any of you have historical information that you can provide (i.e. years > offered, etc.), then it'd be nice to learn more about them. > > I've not yet attempted to play them. > > Thanks, > Art (Shiffy) Shifrin >