Date:         Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:37:23 -0400
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From:         "Steven C. Barr" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: Audograph disc
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From: "Michael Biel" <[log in to unmask]>
> This was a constant linear speed machine.  There was no turntable motor.
> There was a small motor and rubber wheel in the arm which drove the
> turntable.  The speed would constantly change from the outside to the
> inside.  I'm not sure if they ever published the specs.  They would
> never expect they would be played back on anything but their own
> machines.
> 
"Constant linear speed machines" have, AFAIK, never done much except
generate phonorecords which cannot be usefully played except on their
own specific brand of machines! I have one of the UK make (forget its
name) of the twenties...and playing it on a normal 78 machine is an odd...
but useless from a listening standpoint...experience...?!

Steven C. Barr