[Phono-L] Silvertone Catalog

Ron L lherault at bu.edu
Fri Aug 24 07:11:15 PDT 2007


The Aeolean Vocalion Graduola also encouraged the listener to interact via
their Graduola "remote control" which was a solid wire inside a spiral wire
with a black coating.  The cable controlled the motion of a roughly teardrop
shaped, fluted rubber stopper that moved up or down in the throat of the
horn where it connected to the base of the reproducer.

Ron L

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<snip> 

being "manipulated while playing, thus enabling you to  
give your own interpretation to the music", is certainly reminiscent  
of the way player piano operators of the same era were encouraged to  
interact with the controls while the piano was playing to make the  
music their own.

<snip>



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