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    Artist description
    A hundred years ago, every Main Street had its Phonograph Parlour. Here, amid the gilding and the cut-glass, the latest products of Edison and Columbia were relayed through rubber stethoscopes to the ears of the multitude at the price of a few coppers. ‘Pontecorvo’ begs the privilege of welcoming you to the very last of these palaces of sound. What is more, he is prepared to waive the charge - this being an honest acknowledgement of the fact that his stock is just a little out of date. To be plain, EVERY ITEM ON THIS PAGE IS RECORDED DIRECTLY FROM AN ORIGINAL PHONOGRAPH CYLINDER. Some of these date from about 1915 - and they are the newest! Others were already half-forgotten when Victoria was Queen and McKinley was President. And yet here they are, after a century or more, ready to entertain you once again.
    Music Style
    Nostalgia for the 1900s, from the bandstand and the music-hall to the opera house
    Musical Influences
    Ghosts!
    Artist History
    This private collection of early cylinder records has been accumulated over more than thirty years.
    Instruments
    Edison Standard Phonograph, model A, serial no. S108269, built April/May 1903. Fitted with Edison Model R reproduceer and Combination Attachment.
    Location
    Redruth, Cornwall - United Kingdom

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