[ANPPOM-Lista] Talking Wax, by Keith Kramer

[Carlos Palombini]

Talking Wax

By Keith Kramer

*This is a very rare publication transcribed by Keith Kramer and kindly
made available to us.*

http://www.gracyk.com/talkingWax.html


Record collectors and students of phonographic history will find original
and interesting material in the publication of *Talking Wax*, a very
obscure book later cited as a source for other works. Generally considered
the first book (1945) on the history of phonographs, "Talking Wax, or The
Story of the Phonograph" by Leroy Hughbanks, had an unlikely beginning and
unfortunately must not have received the notice that it deserved.

Written by a blind pastor (and lifelong phono-enthusiast) from a tiny
Kansas town over the span of eight years, the book was well-researched,
sources including patents, industry and trade publications, personal
interviews and first-hand experiences. *Talking Wax* was printed only once
and published by Hobson Book Press, a small Kansas family business noted
for printing small press runs of several hundred copies, not unlike a
vanity press today; the company folded two years later.
Of particular interest in the book are formulas for wax and shellac
records, overviews of technologies that we now know never succeeded in the
marketplace, and reminiscences of the liberating impact of phonographs and
later radios upon the author's life. Only a few copies of this book can be
located today, mainly in university libraries scattered across the country.
It has been one of my goals for the past 35 years since reading it, to find
another copy, transcribe it and share with fellow collector/historians.
Enjoy! --Keith Kramer


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carlos palombini
professor de musicologia ufmg
proibidao.org
ufmg.academia.edu/CarlosPalombini
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