Re: [ARSCLIST] Early Stereo 1881 and 1931 (Was - Dynadoodoo

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

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From: "Robert J Hodge" <rjhodge@xxxxxxx>
> The Columbia Multiplex Grand Graphophone of 1900 used a single wax
> cylinder which contained three tracks designed to be played back
> simultaneously with three reproducers through three horns.
> If the three tracks were recorded with three horns and 3 recorders, then
> this could easily be one of the first stereophonic machines.
> 
Well...IF one could find multiple copies of any early cylinders made
before the emergence of duplicates by moulding (that is, when multiple
copies were made by positioning the artist in front of an array of
machines...!)...it MIGHT be possible to find two copies which came
from the two machines at each end of the array...which would enable
the reconstruction of a "stereo" version...?!

Steven C. Barr