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as music director, keeping tight control recording and the
hiring talent. Many remember Edison
as the man who brought the wonders electric light the
world.
While the "old man" was well enough manage the work
of the laboratory, the framework R&D committee set in
the organizational changes 1910 remained the background.
Edison was indispensable the laboratory and led in
person, telling friend 1911 that have 250 experimenters
who depend daily for directions and when away it
. permit the recording larger groups musicians, a
new studio was constructed building the West Orange
laboratory, Edison's specifications. The surface noise the disc record became an
obsession with him, and worked for years the lab to
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reduce the scratches and crackles. Yet terms the amount time spent recording
and the phonograph, Edison should remembered the man who
labored for years bring the clear, faithful reproduction
of music. The "old man" devoted great deal his experimenting
to the dynamics sound recording the quest for the
perfect, realistic reproduction sound. One his great
ambitions was record classical music played large
orchestras and this new studio was designed record chamber
music. Walter Miller and George Werner were
often subject Edison's opinionated directives recording
music. All new recordings and signings had be
passed him, and pressed his musical opinions and choices
onto his subordinates
