294
Hayes was charge the music room. Meadowcroft wrote Edison that "the boy upstairs" found wear the
diamond tip stylus after repeated plays. was then given the tasks indexing music and then reviewing
recordings. The Recording Committee, who judged the quality and commercial
appeal new Edison recordings, probably met the music room.
Hayes first worked for Edison about 1912 when was engaged, along with
others, sing through enormous repertoire sheet music for Edison’s
edification. This was the function the music room.
2M William Meadowcroft TAE, September 1911 (in 1911, WOL-Meadowcroft’s Reports). 1918
this department consisted Louis Lueder and boy. Clarence Hayes may have been the only individual native
American descent hold position prominence the Edison laboratory: his
mother was pure-blooded Mohawk and his father half Scottish and half French. 1920 payroll indicates two women worked musicians the laboratory.
The phonograph test room was established close to, within, the music room to
test machines and records.continued demand from the general public for images Thomas Edison. was staffed young men who did fairly difficult
work. He
was also sort talent scout for new artists. The old recording studio established by
Wangemann and others was replaced other experimental rooms Building 4
and commercial studio New York City.293
283 "Functions Present Laboratory Organization," September 24, 1919 (in 1919, Thomas Edison,
Inc.
There was also female clerk the music room. the end 1918 Hayes estimated had listened 4,000 trial
records new artists well 4,000 regular releases.
Clarence Hayes.
284 Edison Diamond Points, December 1918, 12.
Hayes acted liaison between the experimenters developing new recording
equipment, the recording engineers the studio and the artistic community. There was still need the
laboratory review recordings, arrange music and listen potential recording
artists.—Organization).296 Edison told Fred Ott that "the
83
. prepared the lists the new
Edison recordings, which were the official records used compiling record
catalogues.
296 "Thomas Edison Laboratory Payroll Comparison’s [sic]," December 14,1920, D-Box Collections *
Box D10 West Orange.296 Hayes left Edison’s employ
sometime the 1920s.
Hayes had staff two three clerical assistants, usually young women (figure
143)
