THE GRAMOPHONE HANDBOOK - Percy Wilson - 1957 - First Edition
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THE GRAMOPHONE HANDBOOK by Percy Wilson London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1957. FIRST EDITION. 136x206mm. 227 pages illustrated throughout with b & w photographs and diagrams + Ppxlii for advertisements. Condition: Tight hardcover copy in blue cloth-covered boards; author name in silver gilt to spine; contents in very good, clean condition. Unclipped pictorial dustjacket; just a trace of shelfwear to extremities; laminate pulled tight to cover and causing a fold to outer edge of front cover otherwise in good, clean condition. From the Blurb: "Here is the most up-to-date and comprehensive handbook on modern developments in High Fidelity Sound Reproduction that is available in any part of the world. It describes the fundamental principles of reproduction and the equipment that is used to give realistic results. The principles and performance criteria of pickups, amplifiers, loud speakers, and tape recorders are all dealt with in some detail and there are valuable chapters on record wear and care of records, on planning High Fidelity equipment, on installation and maintenance and on the prospects of sterophonic reproduction". Contents include: High Fidelity: Past, Present and Future; the Nature of Sound; Recording and Reproducing Sound; Reproducing Systems; Pickups and Styli; Carrying Arms and turntables; Record Wear, Surface Noise
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