Re: [ARSCLIST] 3 inch records

["Steven C. Barr(x)" <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Jeanette Berard" <JBERARD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> In a recently acquired collection we have found a 3 inch record from the Decca
Personality Series, "Does Your Heart Beat for Me" by Russ Morgan, #25080.  Can
anyone tell me a little about the history of 3 inchers and/or the Decca
Personality Series?
> It was mounted (glued) on a matte, along with a 7 inch disc, H Berliner
Gramophon record, "Romance for Trombone" Military Band (Bennet) Washington, D.C.
May 27, '97.  No explanation for the juxtaposition, just matted and framed.
>
I'll have to admit to total ignorance of any 3" Decca records! Have you tried
playing it, or even establishing the groove width? I have several 3" toy
records,
which seem to have been associated (and playable) with a specific machine...!

The smallest playable record of which I am aware was a publicly-available
later version of a 2-1/2" HMV disc made specifically for a miniature machine
made for a "Royal doll-house which was presented to the princesses (Elizabeth
and Margaret) by HMV in the late twenties. The publicly-available copy came
with a playable disc, 2.5 inches in diameter (of which copies were sold...!).

Steven C. Barr