<font color='black' size='2' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'> <div><font style="background-color: transparent;" size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">David</font></div> <div><font size="3"></font> </div> <div><font size="3">It was very hard to hear the recordings on my computer. </font></div> <div><font size="3"></font> </div> <div><font size="3">Thanks, though for sharing. </font></div> <div><font size="3"></font> </div> <div><font size="3">Wim</font></div> <div></div> <div style="clear: both;"> <div> </div> </div> <div></div> <div></div> <div style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: 10pt;">-----Original Message-----<br> From: David Boyce <David@piano.plus.com><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Wed, Dec 19, 2012 1:23 pm<br> Subject: [pianotech] Discovery of 1902 family xmas recordings<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_8acc9878-c1a2-40d4-b2a4-d5802ad98731"> <font face="Arial">Curators at the Mueum of London have found what is thought to be the first sound recording of a family Christmas gathering. <br> <br> The Wall family made several wax cylinder recordings over a period of years starting in 1902. They played some on the BBC TV news tonight. I dont know if you will be able to access and play the sound recordings on the BBC website in the USA; I hope so. Listen to the litle seven year old boy singing "The Minstrel Boy" to his grandfatoher's piano accompaniment in 1904. A nice sonorous piano, in tune, and listen to the boy's high note at the end. 102 years ago!  It's very moving, to hear the clarity of the little boy's voice in this very early recording. It is very rare to have a recording in this period of a domestic situation.<br> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20772246" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20772246</a><br> <br> The boy singing is the third sound file, near the bottom.<br> </font> </div>  </div> </font>