This paper will discuss the audio restoration and electrical recording of the Napleson cylinders from the 1901, 1902, and 1903 Metropolitan Opera seasons. Original Edison blanks were shaved and recorded (under controlled conditions) with pink noise, tone sweeps, digital-generated-frequency-source signal, and simultaneous recording, acoustically and electrically, of a wind ensemble. Acoustical analysis, groove analysis, wax formulation, surface-to-noise content, and horn-resonance frequencies were sampled and plotted. Slides and musical examples verify the results achieved.

Authors: Owen, Tom; Fesler, John C.
Affiliations: Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, Performing Arts Research Center at Lincoln Center, New York, NY ; International Tapetronics Corporation, Bloomington, IL (See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention: 70 (October 1981) Paper Number: 1854
Publication Date: October 1, 1981
Subject: Studio Technology

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