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Date: 12/29/2018 10:18 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2018 : Issue 77
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Re: Dummy Microphones                 [ Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed] ]
      Need help finding Great Gildersleeve  [ DennyT49 <dennyt49@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 11:50:08 -0500
    From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Dummy Microphones

    On 12/27/18 11:12 AM, "[removed]@[removed]"
    <[removed]@[removed]; wrote:

    About the question of dummy microphones -- they were a lot more common than
    you might realize at first glance, and precisely for the reasons suggested.
    An actual velocity microphone is a heavy object -- a common 44BX weighs
    about eight pounds, and the regular 90A floor stand adds at least another
    thirty pounds. The 77 series is smaller and lighter, but it's still an
    ungainly thing to be moving around a studio. Empty shells or fabricated
    props were much more convenient to use for photo shoots, and if you've ever
    been in a studio where such microphones are used, the easiest way to get
    yourself killed is to swing them around and subject them to a brisk and
    violent air flow. While the mike casing itself is very durable, the ribbon
    inside is more delicate than a hair from your head, and if you broke or
    stretched it, the microphone had to be shipped back to RCA for a proper
    repair. Hacky engineers might try to put a piece of tinfoil from a gum
    wrapper in there, but it would sound like a gum wrapper.

    The CBS prop mike was very common in photos taken from the early forties
    onward. It's based on a model 77-C, which had the twist-ring at the bottom
    for switching the pickup pattern. NBC had a prop 44A that turned up a lot,
    often painted white.

    Haven't posted here in years, but it's good to see the list is still around.
    Facebook is the bunk.

    Elizabeth

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    Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 11:51:17 -0500
    From: DennyT49 <dennyt49@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Need help finding Great Gildersleeve scripts 439
     and 490

    Fellow OTR enthusiasts -
    I am trying to find two Great Gildersleeve scripts titled: The Easter Sunrise
    Service.
    The first was broadcast in the 11th season on April 9, 1952 (#439) and the
    second was broadcast in the 12th season on April 1, 1953 (#490).B  I would
    love for our radio player troupe, The Advent Radio Players, to put one of
    these on live this spring if I am able to locate a [removed]  (We have been
    putting on live radio shows twice a year for the last seven years here in
    north Denver.)
    If you have either one of these scripts or can assist me in getting either one
    or both of them, I would be extremely grateful!B  Thank you in advance for
    your [removed] B
    Denny ThompsonDirector Advent Radio PlayersDennyT49@[removed]

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