Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-06

ito trumpet abroad wherever they ara
played. SO the director will stop thu
Who'll" proceeding 1T any point with
! tap OF his baton II his ear catches IN.
/ slightest error
visitors are not encouraged in .h,,
inner sanctum. The faintest whi.n.,
+ or rustic is caught UP and recorded
Just ms faithfully AS the aria itself
| IT n visitor does gain admIt,ance, h.
moves that the Arrangement Of INA a.
chcstra is quite different from the or
dirary one In opera concert work.
Sofne OF the men are perched on hIph
soAne OF them are drawn up clos. n
INC recording cabinet. while others ar.
wNhdrawn Each instrument has 4
different carrying power and din.,
eitt recording quality. so that a special
Arrangement IA necessary to get tbs
/ pfoper effect
When the number has been played
'ffe little imp In the cabinet has syery
/ t3he-shade safely locked in his bosom.
/ They take him and give him an e1.e.
! tToplattnE bath that coats him with en-
( Turance nickel. and there you hayA
| Four master record One such master
! record Is put on Ale, and from A sec
! onh the ordinary disk records are
! tnade The black material that YOU
! zee in monogram record is com.
! iposnion Of sheilac. which sonens un-
lidor tho influence Of heat Tho m,ta-
Dial iH rolled out into great sheet. and
[ cut Into squares twelve inches on a
side.
J Squares Harden ms They Cool.
Y Thcsc suuares harden as they cool
and IN their hardened condition are
sent down to the room where the i'm
pressing IS done Here they are laid
on hot table moment 20 soften
and then placed over tho nickel mas
ter record. They are stamped and
trimmed. and there is your Caruso or
Tc,rhzzini ready FOR the cabinet,
The HE Of record Is a matter of
some interest to tho owner OF a pho
nosraph. with ordinary use. A. disk
should last indefinitely. or course, the
friction Of steel, tungsten or sapphire
on even the HARDEST rmatcrial will
eventually wear II out. eHut unlees Won
play some particular piece many hours
day. there Is no deteriorAtion The
! question or "overtones" comes up in
this connection !. has been stated
I that the overtones wear off record
more quickly than tho notes OF the
dom'nent octave. and thus spoil tn.
! quality OF the recorded voice ave,
while leaving pitch and volume unim.
paired II !s true enough that the
| quality Of any musical note depends
largely on the oveitones. but accord
Ing To the local company al least, .here
is nothing In the theory that overtpnes
are destroyed by normal PLAYING OF n
record
After the disk itself. the most in.
teresting part Of the phonosraph
mechanism Is the motor which revolves
the record under the needle The motor
has to he little wonder OF its kind
1t must work at an absolutely even
speed--more even than that Of a clock
mechanism. because a clock may have
compromising defects and still keep
time. If the monograph motor works
Ia shade too fast or too slow, the whole
effect is married. change Of speed
not only spoils the tempo OF the mum
Der being played. but actually changes
the pitch Of the notes given out as
well. This company estimates that il
the springs they put into their cabinets
we're joined together, a years supply
would reach from London to New York.
! Much OF the mechanical side Of pho
noGrap PHI building is. of course. very
like similar processes I'm any other
craft. The record. the motor and tho
little mica disk, whose vibration doe.
the actual singing" arc the thre.
unique points. The worlds whole mica
production Is picked over by the nhono-
graph builders IN their search for ths
most perfect pieces, and only the best
or IL is sufhciently fawless for usA
! The photograph industry as wbole
is UNIQUE. not only in the Industrial
field. but In its relation to art and
society. II Is putting music. for thA
hrst time in history. on a footing sirni.
lar to that OF the other arts II ,s
paving the way to cumulative nnusiea1
achievement. we have had cumuIstjv.
achievement In literature, in scuIpturs
and in painting. In these arts the
} treasures of the age are piled IN psnh
J new master measures himself not orin
against most perfect musical exeru.
ton, but against the masters ~ al,
time But the most perfect mus;cai
execution the finest tone -shadinrs the
most sympathetic voices were gone for
ever almost before the echoes Of thA
last notes died away in the crowaaS
auditorium. The phonograph bids lair
to change all that Jus 'af