Das Loch Im Strumpf - Margarethe Wiedeke (Aga 1705) (1910?)

[@truesoundchris]

"Vortrag" isn't just "lecture" but also a theatrical solo piece that can include singing but also recitation. The comedienne is Margarethe Wiedeke - the voice and style are easily recognized although the record runs too fast. Should be in F major, not in F-sharp as it is now (no brass band in this world plays in F-sharp except maybe at gunpoint, and the chipmunky voice is quite obvious to those with an ear for speech sounds!). Recorded by Dacapo, AGA was a client or department-store label. The estimated 1910 date should be okay, as the song was recorded that same year for at least two other labels.

[@misstoki]

Recommended speed: 73.2 rpm (if A=443 Hz orchestra) Also there are an incorrect RIAA curve, it should be removed BEFORE the change of speed. I analyzed the spectrogram, transfer speed is very likely 78.0 rpm (the click period [appears in spectrogram but not hearable] is ca. 0.769 second so 60/0.769 ≃ 78.02 rpm but I round at 78.0).

[@colonelbogeysfauxcow]

Thanks a lot for the information, yes F sharp major is a very high and hard key!

[@colonelbogeysfauxcow]

⁠I can try to make another make another transfer at this speed, because that’s quite a significant difference. Thanks.

[@truesoundchris]

Thanks for adding the credit, but the name is Wiedeke. Must be really hard to copy-and-paste or retype two words, sorry to ask for such impossibly complicated things....