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PRESTO
October 17, 1925.
PRAISE FOR COLUMBIA RECORD
Critic on English Newspaper Calls It Most Amazing
Result in History of Recording.
In the Leicester Chronicle of England (Aug. 29,
1925), "The Recorder," who conducts a column en-
titled "Progress of Gramophone Music," says some
very interesting things about the recording made by
the Columbia Phonograph Company, 1819 Broadway,
New York City, of the recital of the Associated Glee
Clubs of America in the Metropolitan Opera House,
New York, on March 31, 1925. This is the record
which accurately recorded 4,850 voices the first time
that so many voices have been successfully recorded
on one disc. The Recorder referred to this record
as follows:
"It is the most amazing record ever produced in
the whole history of the gramophone. This is the
singing, by no less than 4.850 voices, of the hymn
'Adeste Fideles' ('O Come All Ye Faithful') on No.
9048. with 'D'ye Ken John Peel' by 850 voices on
the reverse side. Honestly, I never thought it could
be done, and when I saw the record announced in
the advance list, I was in a state of combined skepti-
cism and apprehension as to what the result would
be, from previous painful experiences of "wash-outs"
in choral recording.
But hearing the production dispelled all that. It
is a marvelous achievement, and the highest compli-
ment one can pay it is to say that on neither side
does the disc sound the least like a record. The
effect upon you is exactly the same as that produced
upon a listener standing outside a great cathedral
listening to a fully choral mass within. Not only
are the words astonishingly clear for such a great
volume of sound, and the sternest antiphonal swell
is recorded with a fidelity really uncanny."
RUTH GLANVILLE PLAYS CONN.
Ruth Glanville, the famous saxophonist, now one
of the big headliners in vaudeville, uses a Conn sax-
ophone in all her appearances. This clever performer
has appeared on tour with Innes' concert band, with
ROLLS INFLUENCE PLAYER SALES
The Southern California Music Co., Los Angeles,
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sales made by Q R S player rolls, and accordingly
increased its Q R S department to the extent that it
is now one of the largest and most elaborate through-
out the country.
The Q R S roll department shown in the accom-
panying cut is in charge of Miss Florence Beebe,
who for many years was manager of the May com-
pany's roll department, Cleveland, Ohio.
An entire stock of Q R S rolls is carried by the
California firm and displays of the latest hits from
time to time has proven a valuable asset in closing
player sales.
Kryll's concert band and with Sousa's famous band-
She is now one of the highest paid artists on the
Keith circuit. In a statement Miss Glanville said that
by a process of elimination she finally decided to
stick to the Conn saxophine, "which affords the best
tone and easiest key manipulation."
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