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Unknown Tunes on 15-1/2" Stella Discs
By Robbie Rhodes

In 120328 MMDigest, James Huling asked for help to identify the
tunes on three 15-1/2" Stella musical box discs in his collection.
I listened to them again today and I think they're not very old,
actually; I'd guess they date from 1890 to 1910.

Unknown 1 might be a hymn, unknown 3 is a fast waltz that sounds
similar to "The Man on the Flying Trapeze," and unknown 5 sounds
to me like a Scottish strathspey.

Have a listen at http://www.mmdigest.com/Gallery/Sounds/huling_unk.html 

Robbie Rhodes, MMD


(Message sent Sun 2 Sep 2012, 03:00:38 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject:  15-1/2, Discs, Stella, Tunes, Unknown

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