New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-17
RECORDING hUSIC.

Az TrECTaIC krTARATUs FCR RECORDING Music
WHILE BEING PLAYED.
Efforts for the construction of a machine by
" hioh music played upon piano or organ couli br
reproduced upon paper frequently made. but
thus far without practical success 90 least "a iar AZ tr
organ concerned so many musicians md that M mo
menis Of inspiration they draw from the instrument
swcccr strains aud more delightful music than they
ever could transfer TO paper that the desire for such
contrivance has been Ioug aud universally felt THIS
need seems now about to Do met BY con,ryaucc which
Mr. Barnes. a niaodb-t OF bridgeport. Conn, aided by
Guernsey manufactures Of electrical machines In
Jersey City constructing 10 bc attached ~ toe
organ in the hall which C. 7. Shelton OF New Haven
has bu FOR his willis &. Shelton the hoy orgauist
The apparatus nearly completed. aud will be- tested a
no distant dav, aud doubt description Of 10 Will bo
interesting alike TO musicians aud macAinsts.
The orgluis connected wth the recording apparatus
By magnetic telegraph. ana s operation J. very tlw
PIE indeed Beneath each note az the three mammals
and Of the pcdas connected with each stop OF the
orcau is small spring, which is pressed down
whenever TIE piece TO which Il attached lis brought
into action. From each spring wires run 10 gaiyanic
battery al u cells and 10 the recording apparatus, which
may be situated 81 convenient distance from tho
organ. When the sprng b. pressed down, connection
between the battery and the recording apparatus Is
formed and the electric current passes through Tie
recording apparatus very simple and similar 10 that
which uniform motion is produced. arc two cylinders
some ~ me hes in1sngfh. between which ~ carried
stnp ofpapor diyllcd INTO about 20 longitudinal dyi.
ions-ouc for each note and stop IN TIE
organ. Corresponding To each Of these
divisions magnet whose armaiure car
rios lever armed with STYLE which ndents The paper
s loug as the electric current - passing through Now
when any note stop brought INTO acton the spring
connected with n pressed down, the circuit b. CON
Ulecd the corr spending artnat irt II attfaced q" Us
magnet aud the division ~ the paper belonging To tha
note struck In indcnted Win line Tr0poHl0naic ia
length 10 the time during which the note D. hed down
A sfaccato touch Will be represented 10y simple dot
while a longer tone will be recorded by more lro-
Ion ed iudcntatiOn. TIE cOcWOrk Is 20 gcared mat
the paprr H carried forward the rollers al tn rae t
abot half al inch per second thJs recording cafh
mote ia the rapid playing "a tnc rate OF about tea
NOTES uer second by line one-tNcnteth OF au men ih
length, aud longer notes by lhea pFuIVItohdIy OK
tented - q, .-.. 49,.
,roph except that the symbols are Dis iagulshcd by
tbcr poson rather than 10y their form. 10 s estimated
that about 10 miles Of insulated wire will De used ia the
construction o. the machine, AID the cock-work b. so
Inn motion by "A weight Of about 900 pounds The dA.
entities which the inventors encountered m constructing
a machine which would successfully record all the
movements OF a RAPID organist were yery great, anu
many other plans tried before the present one was
finally Int uDOn number Of experiments Wcro male
with machine operating on the principle OF the BAN
telegraph, ia which the electric current dscolOts
chemically prepared paper but IL was hua'ly aban-
Al accident.