[Phono-L] Lateral Vs Vertical.

[Thomas Edison]

Hello everyone. Thinking of the L and V issue, I have a very simple response from cutting records.  I had recorded Laquers with the Fairchild lathe , in order to record high frequencies, I had to boost them to a dangerous level almost burning the coil up.  When you record you boost highs and limit the lows, and the opposite when you play them back.  I used the same head to record hill and dale cylinder records on Edison blanks, and could record the cylinders almost flat, and the lows and highs sounded very similar to the original recording, and the highs did not have to be boosted to the dangerous levels of the lateral disc of which the head was designed to cut, so it certainly seems that it is harder to record highs on lateral recordings than vertical. Some of you on the list have some of these electrically recorded cylinders in your collections with modern music on them, you can state the same I am sure.  When it comes to bass however, vertical records are much harder as lifts occur, but you can increase the ambient wax temperature and record deeper grooves, and record more bass  The lowest bass note I had recorded on cylinders was 16 cps, however this was a test tone, with no other frequencies added, it was very difficult to do but can be done.  Lateral records record bass with relative ease, however  if the volume is to high the grooves run into eachother and must be spaced apart more. (Most modern  recording lathes do this automatically.) If you listen to companies that recorded lateral and vertical records you can hear much clearer records, with vertical recordings time and time again.  Pathe',  Gennette ect. 
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