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Don Cox wrote:
Acoustic recordings were often made with more than one horn. I haven't
been able to find a picture of this, or to find out how the sounds were
combined.
Gennett. Do a Google image search for Gennett Studios and you will find
pictures of Gennett's double-horn studios. They had two horns set out at
about a 45 degree angle from each other, the one on the right much
larger in diameter than the one on the left.
In one picture (which can be seen at
http://www.waynet.org/nonprofit/images/williamjenningsbryangennet.jpg ,
William Jennings Bryan can be seen recording his "Cross of Gold" speech
into the smaller horn, while a tiny orchestra is playing an
accompaniment into the larger horn.
I'm very puzzled about the absence of the James/Shaw picture in The
Fabulous Phonograph...I could have sworn that it was in that book, but
now two people say it is not in their editions. Hm.