The evening world., 1888-05-12

We are dealing with the real thing. That IN, We
srss me sctusl vioisnons Of your voice az you
sssie, % hat You h .sSr tn sHs 'i You 'e DON'T f hear your
tion OF II from the record witch was made By your
own speaking. il isn't an imitation. II Ia q repro
t aop.G better nv man an a .ns i %s1s y ,S SS,pasis all S your mi inssS,
IN you mean to say It will give the exact
ausIty OF dinerent voices, no that you can tell them
Yes. You can distinguish different voices, and
VIII recognize them MAJ But q don't know Than ,na, y the
voices which Is called timore. Il viii Give back
exactly what you put into t. VI course, when your
voice goes In II ia confined and very slightly affected
In quality by the tube 1t passes through. When 1t
confinement, but that Is very slight and is not ex-
aggerated by the instrument"
The test was then applied Of letting one man
speak into tae tube while another stood close by
Join in conversation. ] was invited to whistle into
the worst specimen Of whistling / ever heard" re-
marked q friend: Eyes, u Is pretty bad, admit, -
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enoe between the two voices was clearly defined.
They both sounded stsrtlinRiy near and yet were
was combined with It There ia Just q trace
OF the dream-like in the reproduced sound,
s coa,, Z Il Iss spssd s %s Of =, H NE np E1v1Ss. Of 1.-THE the
Bells, " as announced In q measured. impressive,
but extremely human way. The voice comes 10
close BY, but witna window-pane between you and
him. Perhaps the best description Of II In to say
that 1t has q trace of ventriloquism in It, yet 10
without constraint, IL not piping and gives no feel
ing Of artince or affectadon as ventriioquism does.
Singing was tried next. A rich baritone rolled
into the the verse:
My dearest Jane. my pretty Jane,
But meet mo in the evening
When the bloom. the bloom is on the rye.
Immediately, when the reproducer was adjusted,
the stanza rolled out again precisely as 1t had been
sung, with so mach OF the original quality Of voice
sung again close to the ear. The full toned, the
lighter ones and all the little quavers were there.
A slight huskiness at one point and q short catch
for breath at another were heard, precisely as II O
human voice were at work. The effect was both
pleasing and astounding, and some of us had TO
laugh outright rs we iistened-so perfect was the
sation OF listening TO q mechanism that seemed 10
originate melody and words just as the singer had
broader mouth, as a substitute for the receiving
tube applied TO the ear, we were able to hear the
song without bringing the tube anywhere near the
standing three or four feet away.
''THE MURMUR OF CROWDS"
When several people talked at once, the clash OF
their voices and the words Of one rising over the
rest were repeated, by the instrument with great
ndellty. Then q brilliant plano solo was played,
being conveyed to the monograph through sundry
Of the tunnels, small and large. The big wooden
tunnels were chiefly experimental. The most
seryiceable was a long, narrow tin one like a small
foRhorn or an exaggerated eartrumpet without
any S%rys 10 ~; J wMioS sa rspsa, sae :, p M,'S n n aasCs 10
worth no end OF q v%irtuoso's lessons. Every note,
every chord and every run was repeated by the
player had struck two keys by accident, both of
them were heard together. The only defect ]
observed was the 6lur.ing Of 2 short trill on two
former'e fault. As to this I cannot speak with
entire certainty.