The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-02-26
PHoNocRAPHIc Tricks.
Interesting Tricks That Are Por-
formed with Talking
Machine.

Some interesting and amusins
stunts" that may be performed with
talking machine, graphophone 81
phonograph are described. In addf
ton TO the machine itself, says the
Scientific American. The author notes
a recorder and a few blank records
will be needed. The first trick. which
he names the Speech by Tom
Thumb" is thus performed:
The machine must be speeded up
as high as possible, and an announce
ment recorded on a blank in a deep
loud voice. The machine should be
quickly slowed down to eighty revolu-
tions per minute, and the speech or
monologue recorded at that speed,
care being taken to articulate dis
tinctly. When the blank is full and
reDroducer may be substituted for the
recorder, and the machine be brought
up again to high speed at which the
announcement was made. When the
record is reproduced at this speed the
the result will be the loud voice Of
the announcement, followed BY a rap
ID, pinched-up little voice making the
speech
The second trick described is the
reproduction Of a whistIing duet, in
which both parts are performed by
the same person. This is effected as
follows:
Put on a blank, and after the speed
is at about 100 revolutions whistle
some popular piece of which Won
know the second part. When the
record is full set the recorder back
to the beginning again without stou-
ping the machine. When the record
ing points gets to the commencement
OF the piece the first part will sound
family in the recorder. thus giving
the cue and the pitch for the second,
which should be recorded not quite SO
loudly as the first.
Several notifications of this ex-
pertinent will suggest themselves. The /,
first may not be perfectly successful.
but that need not be considered a
drawback, as spoiled record can be
easily cleaned with rag and a little
kerosene. The rubbing should be
Of the cylinder till the lines
ire all removed, after which soft
10th is wrapped around the record
Q give a polish. Hard or gold-mold-
ID records may also be cleaned in this }
way, which fact suggests another
Imusing trick
This will call for two records.
preferably talking selections. which
re exact duplicates. One Of these IS
ioctored' by cleaning off the latter
alf, the rest being protected by a
iece Of writing paper wrapped around
nd secured hy an elastic band. On
his blank space various remarks
hould be recorded, which should be
cry different from those originally
here. The good record is to be
layed through first While saying
nat you will repeat it the second :
ne Is quickly substituted in the ma
hine, and, of course, starts or exact
{ like the first one. When the doc A
ored' portion is reached, however,
change will be noticed, but cannot
. accounted for by the hearers.
BY taking two records Of entirely
ferent character, cutting each in
yo, and putting on half of one and
half Of the other, we can often jump
ON the sublime to the ridiculous by
lickly Tipping the reproducer across
e gap from one to the other. With
re the thinner half one OF these
cords may be slipped halfway on,
a reversed position. ana when made
run true will produce everything
edward. A curious thing about
ch records is tnat the voice one
ars in the proper direction is in
antly recognized when reversed. but
of course. unintelligible