Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-26

cations as these, from scientific
STANDPOINT, can hardly BE- ovcfstimht-
~. They will PROFESSIONALLY result In
The following out ofan entircly new line
% speculation In the near fntufe. This
novel use q the phunogmlh IA an in-
.cresting confirmation Of the fnct ihai
the more or hes married. tendency q
many scientific discoveries u toward
1psuinl applications undrcamcd uf
when the offspring Of The Inventors
ingenuity WIS ilfst made known " the
WORTHY What nj hrst IL REGARDED ~ an
ingenious Toy, frequently hrconcs n
nee, ssary adjunct ~ our civilization.
Photography, for q considerable Time,
seemed 10 have little use other than that
N Numbering 10 the vanity OF "A favored
few who could afford 10 employ II;
now u Is used in every branch Of
science, aud aIi, and d, Indeed, ALSO.
lhtely Indispensable. Tho phonugraph
wa long considered wonderful Tut
comparatively useless playthins, and
doubts arc htiil expressed Of lts ultl-
mate practical value Tor the IArp0ao
for which II was originally designed,
but there can loo no question that this
Invention, like many OF IT, prudecus.
sor-, Is destined " open out fresh fields
% investigation and develop new
wonders Ia many aud widely VARIED
objections.
somc very interesting hcts have
btcn lately established which point %
the possibility Of the uHe u the phone.
graph Ia the solution " certain prob
lcnis Involving musical acoustics
Ah0ut two years ago, when DR..
Wangemann, Mr.. E1ison's repre-
sentative, was exhibiting the phone.
graph before the young German Em-
pcprnt his palace In Berlin ccofdwas
about TO be- made Of u performance Of
the royal orchuFra. Dr. Waugomanu
suggested certain changes In the posi-.
ton " the Instruments, which cx-
perlcnce convinced him were moro
favorable TO the hlen1ing and record
ing Of sound than their ordinary die.
position. The leader Of the orchestra
WIS horror stricken nj thc unhonrd "
Innovation; tho Emperor at omen com.
mandc1 that II should be- done ami tho
fvcord was male. The result NJ pleased
the Emperor that nj the next royal
concert the strings, woodward and
hn,ss were placed n Ia phonograph.
The recording Of the subtlcst quality,
o. the soul OF Tie human voice, hu
phonograph has not attained 10, but
Tor Indicating the purely technical
capabilities Of the vocal organ II pos.
scssss remarkable possibilities.
When In Paris DR.. wangemaun
called ON Nine. Manhcsl, th. c.le-
braied teacher Of singing, and suggest.
cd that the phouogtaph might Ia used
Tor vocal teaching, aud rendered POSI-.
bic certain distinctions and shades NJ
tone which often escape the uuaided
ear. Nine. Marched ridiculod the
idea saying that her thifty.hve year. u
tuition had been none too much Ia
give her right Ideas on tho subject, bat
she could trust hcrself sooner than the
ncw.ianRled instrument. DR.. Mangc-
mann, however, gaiued permission to
call tho next DAY, when twelve OF the
artists pupils sang "A plain scale, ~.
ccnding aud descending into the phon0-
graph. Nine. Marchrsi was perfectly
ns,ounde,l With the result, Tor on listcil-
Ing to the record she perceived Unequal.
lilies and inaccuracies Of tone which
had escaped oven her keen ear.