Phonograph Felt Question?

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zefrenm
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Phonograph Felt Question?

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Just a question for comment.
From what a gathered in Historic Acoustic Phonograph recordings before electrical amplifiers; The Victor engineers used a stiffen cloth horn similar to old disposable collars to lessen even order harmonics of the recording horns. Would doing the same to the DR, Tuba 60 and Omnis 12 have any effect on the sound? 1/8 green Phonograph felt? it's tightly set, used to be used as gaskets before rubber.

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Link?

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#3 Post by zefrenm »

Bill Fitzmaurice wrote:Link?
This stuff http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=9879
but the history is excerpted on
http://www.lottelehmannleague.org/early-recordings/
from an out of print book book i keep hearing about
Early Recording Methods, Acoustic Recording, Electric Recording but mostly

Manual of analogue sound Restoration by peter copeland &
Memoirs of my Recording and Traveling Experiences for the Victor Talking Machine Company

1898-1925

by Raymond Sooy
a YouTube video with the cloth horns recording.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnSKyQVo6v0
http://youtu.be/GnSKyQVo6v0[/youtube]
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Let me clarify, I was not proposing to build a BFM Tuba 60, dr or omin top out of felt but simply lining the horn path. :bash:
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#5 Post by Bill Fitzmaurice »

zefrenm wrote:Let me clarify, I was not proposing to build a BFM Tuba 60, dr or omin top out of felt but simply lining the horn path. :bash:
Lining the horn path won't do anything. I fully lined a DR280 with 1/8" thick rubber sheeting, it measured the same as without it.

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#6 Post by 88h88 »

This has given me the idea to line the sub mouths with astroturf. :chainsaw:
4xOT12s, 2xT39s@22", TTLS@18", 2xT60@18"

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