Plays Paderewski And Liszt

Back outer sleeve: "This album is available in Monaural 901 and Stereo X-901" Pressing by Allentown Record Co. Inc. indicated by faintly hand-etched "ARC" in runouts, followed by stamper pressing date. Information about the series, excerpted from the back outer sleeve: "This series, the EVEREST ARCHIVE OF PIANO MUSIC, is devoted to music recorded on the Duo-Art and Ampico player pianos. [...] In 1913, the Aeolian Company came out with their “DUO-ART” reproducing piano and persuaded Steinway to install their mechanism into a number of their pianos. [...] [T]he Duo-Art not only reproduced the notes as the great virtuosi played them, but, by incorporating all of the previous advances in player-piano technology, was able to accurately reproduce dynamics, pedal effects, methods of attack, and many other subtleties of expression." "The piano used for the Duo-Art series was a Steinway built in 1929 from the collection of Harold L. Powell, North Hollywood, California. The original master tape recordings were made in three track stereo with three AKG calibrated omnidirectional microphones. To obtain the widest possible dynamic range, recording equipment was newly designed using the 'focus gap' recording system developed by Gauss Electrophysics, Inc. and Fairchild Recording Corporation. Additional technical information may be obtained by reading 'The Journal of The Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers, August, 1965, Vol. 74.' "