CANADA COLLECTION
REEL 8 [DAT C4]
SEDGEWICK, ALBERTA Sept. 24, 1973
Photo 118, Photo 120, Photo 124, Photo 125, Photo 126, Photo 127, Photo 128, Photo 130
[0-tone][ID 8 45:19]
1. HARRY POTAGE'S, Edison Amberola Gramophone (old roll record player) 11'12"
2. HARRY POTAGE'S, several old clocks 5'50"[ID 10 1:02:18]
3. HARRY POTAGE'S, clock chiming 1'02"
[ID 11 1:03:21]
4. HARRY POTAGE'S, small clock ticking 0'28"
5. HARRY POTAGE'S, throwing of dice 0'21"[ID 13 1:04:17]
6. HARRY POTAGE'S, throwing of dice 0'35"
[ID 14 1:04:52]
7. HARRY POTAGE'S, old school slate and slate pencil 0'51"
[ID 15 1:05:47]
8. Same as 7. 1'43"
Photo 131
[0-tone][ID 16 1:08:06]
9. HARRY POTAGE'S, school bell 0'50"
[ID 17 1:09:00]
10. HARRY POTAGE'S, cow bell 0'40"
[ID 18 1:09:41]
11. HARRY POTAGE'S, horse bell 0'55"
12. HARRY POTAGE'S, crib game 11'40"13. RADIO SAMPLE, while driving in car 7'41"
REEL 8 COMMENTARY
1. General talk with H.P. at beginning. Gramophone begins (3'00") with Casey Jones, starts to stick (6'00"). British Grenadiers (7'10"), marching band.2. Several old clocks ticking simultaneously. First chime (3'15"), more chimes after that. Note the accompanying rasping sound of the chiming mechanism. Blowing of bulb horn (5'15"), print throughs of horn audible.
3. Clear chiming, without sound from mechanism. Note sharp attack.
7/8. Frequency range of this sound on the edge of bearability. End of take 8 (1'25") board is put on table surface, which changes sound considerably.
9. Chime accompanied by squeak.
10. Nice spectrum.
12. General talk and laughing while walking upstairs and through squeaky doors. Recordists meeting two old men. Game begins (4'30").
13. Microphone trouble on left channel during first half of take. Note continuous low frequency rumble from car.
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