They were trying to record onto pottery, and found that all they
produced were noises created by the passage of the needle over the clay;
they did not pick up anything that was a noise during the recording
phase. Whether that has any bearing on any other medium is irrelevant.
What they found was that they were unable to make recordings on pottery,
which is different to the point at the start of the thread.
Iain
-----Original Message-----
From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ron
May
Sent: 02 June 2009 08:17
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: earliest audio recordings NOT made by Edison
Lain,
Maybe the Mythbusters just did not use the right lamp black. After all,
the
point at the beginning of this thread is that someone made sound that
way.
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.
In a message dated 6/1/2009 10:26:12 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:
This is another one covered by Mythbusters, and they busted it. They
were unable to get the pot to record any sound at all.
Iain
-----Original Message-----
From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ron
May
Sent: 02 June 2009 04:37
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: earliest audio recordings NOT made by Edison
Interesting you should mention this, as a very old publication on a
collecting expedition to Indonesia reported traditional "singing pots"
that had
been in the possession of some families for generations. I always
thought it
was legend, but I suppose some sort of scratched design might actually
transmit sound in certain wind conditions?
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.
In a message dated 6/1/2009 11:40:37 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:
Yes- I remember that talking pot, too, from an article I read during
my
first year as a grad student. I could never remember the source, and
was
always suspicious that it was wishful thinking by the researcher. They
claimed
to have a recorded a shout, but maybe scratches on a pot just sound
like
shouts- who would ever know?
Marty Pickands
New York State Museum
>>> Susan Walter <[log in to unmask]> 06/01/09 12:29 PM >>>
This is really neat! Literal VOICES from the past.
Decades ago in one of the San Diego museums in Balboa Park, there was
the
neatest display and recording...an ancient pot, while being made on a
potter's wheel, had apparently also recorded voices...I think it was in
the
Aerospace Museum for an exhibit on technology. I was distracted at
the
time
as a chaperone for 30 some odd children on a field trip, but always
thought
that those sounds were so magnificent...
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