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Edison Studio solo band only recording horn.
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edisonphonoworks
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Edison Studio solo band only recording horn.
So, Peter Dilg, when I purchased this horn in the early 2000's at the Wayne N.J. show said, "I can't put my finger on it, but I know this horn." I think I know why he said that. While looking at a photo of a brass band recording about 1910 at Edison's 79, 5th ave recording studio, I took a closer look at the picture, and I think it is the horn I have. Tell me what you think. This horn is also in the new Bolden movie that came out last summer, as I loned them myself, and my recording equipment and went to the film studio 3 times.
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- Side view of horn
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- Interior of the horn to see the unusual splice.
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- Similar shadow view of my horn, with lighting about the same as the original photo from circa 1910.
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- Full view of the recording session with a large horn at the 5th ave recording studio of Edison Records. (I have actually gone up to the top floor where the studio was, it is now office cubicles.
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- Closeup of the recording horn, you can faintly see the seam of the extension piece, as the horn I own does.
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Re: Edison Studio solo band only recording horn.
Of course that photo is a posed for the photographer image. In actual recording they would be arranged differently and facing the horn.
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VanEpsFan1914
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Re: Edison Studio solo band only recording horn.
It is still wonderful that he has what looks like the original Edison horn from the studio. That is truly impressive.
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edisonphonoworks
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Re: Edison Studio solo band only recording horn.
When I do record brass band instruments with the original studio recording head, and this horn the records have a similar sound to the Edison military band records. I am sure this photo was staged, as most photos took longer to expose than modern photos, but the horn would be in the studio, they would not just get a random horn from somewhere else. Now most two minute cylinders that contained a vocal and band usually used a double 27" hexagon horn, quite a bit, This actually was two horns that merged into a single soldered horn connection tube to the recording lathe.