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Re recording saves sounds of past for future
At 79 Yates L Welch guards living history as curator of Syracuse University Audio Archives and head of the Edison Re recording Laboratory He spends 16 years perfecting methods to preserve original performances using synchronized turntables and minimal tampering The effort aims to establish worldwide sound reproduction standards and to recapture the live voices of early recordings while preserving the originals for research and classroom use.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Yates L. Welch
Welch
Syracuse University Audio Archives
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
William Storm
Storm
Syracuse University
University
Brothers Max
Joseph Bell
Vnery of Bell Music Box
New York City
Enrico Caruso
Nellie Melba
Jan Paderewski
Florence Nightingale
Oscar Wilde
Mahatma Gandhi
Aimee Semple McPherson
U.S. Capitol