Wheatstone factory newsreel

[Peter Laban]

 

[Geoff Wooff]

 

 

 

Nice photo Peter, a bit like "Aristotle contemplating the Bust of Homer" by Rembrandt.

Edited February 19, 2011 by Geoff Wooff

[Leo]

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Nice photo Peter, a bit like "Aristotle contemplating the Bust of Homer" by Rembrandt.

My first thought would be Hamlet. "Alas poor Yorick!". It is a unique treasure.

 

Thanks

Leo

[Stephen Chambers]

On 2/19/2011 at 10:32 PM, Leo said:

On 2/19/2011 at 8:01 PM, Geoff Wooff said:

Nice photo Peter, a bit like "Aristotle contemplating the Bust of Homer" by Rembrandt.

 

My first thought would be Hamlet. "Alas poor Yorick!". It is a unique treasure.

 

It may be more a reflection that I wasn't feeling the best (more like the skull of poor Yorick myself, with an awful head cold) the evening I gave that talk - in fact I was probably wondering what on earth to say next...

 

 

 

Edited February 8, 2022 by Stephen Chambers

[David Barnert]

The earlier link to the video no longer works, but (for now) this one does:

 

https://www.britishpathe.com/video/concertina-factory-aka-concert-in-a-factory

[alex_holden]

6 hours ago, David Barnert said:

The earlier link to the video no longer works, but (for now) this one does:

 

https://www.britishpathe.com/video/concertina-factory-aka-concert-in-a-factory

 

They are on YouTube too:

 

 

[Robin Harrison]

Around 13.40

            He's tuning one reed, with another one  in the same tuning jig..........you can see the other one sounding. Is he tuning one to the other by ear ?

[Stephen Chambers]

4 hours ago, Robin Harrison said:

Around 13.40

            He's tuning one reed, with another one  in the same tuning jig..........you can see the other one sounding. Is he tuning one to the other by ear ?

 

That's how it used to be done, before there were such things as electronic tuners.

[wes williams]

12 hours ago, Stephen Chambers said:

 

That's how it used to be done, before there were such things as electronic tuners.

If you 'sound' two reeds together, you hear a 'beat' when their pitches don't quite match.

[Geoffrey Crabb]

The attached may be found of interest.

 

Geoff

Comparison Tuning.doc