Felicia Waltz - Sergeant Markel's Orchestra - 1917

"Felicia Waltz" played by Sergeant Markel's Orchestra; Victor 35639-B, take 1 (12"). Acoustically recorded in New York on 14 November 1917.
Instrumentation:
Mike Markel: piano, director.
?: cornet.
?: trombone.
?: bass clarinet.
?: violin.
?: violin.
?: 'cello.
?: drums.
Played with a Burmese Colour Needle on a gramophone with a homemade 80 Hz exponential horn, Victor Orthophonic soundbox, and HMV swan-neck tone-arm, currently in a prototype cabinet.

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The Victor Ortho soundbox does exceptionally well with acoustic records, not just the later electric ones. Their much lower moving mass makes them more articulate than the heavy mica diaphragms.