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Ben Marrow
04-10-2009, 07:35 PM
Knowing is half the battle...

http://jamesnoyes.com/pdf/SaxApTest.pdf
NissanVintageSax
04-10-2009, 08:04 PM
That's cool! I think I got 3 questions right! Most of the other wrong ones was mis-information passed down over the years from various teachers!
SuperAction80
04-10-2009, 08:56 PM
4/15 Well...considering that most of this stuff happened 100+ years before I was born, that ain't bad. :lol: There are some cool historical facts in the answer sheet.
retread
04-10-2009, 09:29 PM
9 of 15. but 3 were lucky guesses.
SuperAction80
04-10-2009, 09:53 PM
BTW, is it still possible to get recordings from this time period? Did anyone preserve these early Edison cylinder recordings? I'm fairly good with mechanical/manufacturing information of this time period, but I haven't a clue when it comes to the actual music.
NissanVintageSax
04-10-2009, 09:58 PM
The answer sheet said most of it has been lost. Now, lost doesn't mean destroyed, so maybe they are floating around somewhere. Who knows. Would be cool if someone found them and re-mastered them!
gary
04-10-2009, 10:26 PM
I got half of them right. Of course, if I took the test again, I still might get only half right - just a different half that time. :D
hakukani
04-10-2009, 10:31 PM
I want the third half!

I actually got 6 right....
SuperAction80
04-10-2009, 11:10 PM
The answer sheet said most of it has been lost. Now, lost doesn't mean destroyed, so maybe they are floating around somewhere. Who knows. Would be cool if someone found them and re-mastered them!

That would be something to have. Unfortunatly, I do not think that the Edison cylinder was especially durable. I've always been curious to hear what the first great saxophonists sounded like. Of course, the primative recordings probably wouldn't be a fair representation anyway.