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