[Dixielandjazz] CD burning in proper key

[Robert Smith]

Hello Jim

Thanks for your warning about using minidiscs for making backup copies of 
jazz from other media. It's a risk I'm prepared to take, having had problems 
with previous methods. My first attempt was to record all my 78's onto 
reel-to-reel, and this worked fine. However my tape recorder (a Tandberg 
bought in 1974) still works well on playback, but refuses to operate on 
Fast-Forward and Rewind which means I have to help it along with a pencil 
and some fancy wristwork. I've tried using a battery-operated drill but this 
is difficult to hold on the tape spindles. My next step was cassettes, but 
here there were problems with different speeds on different cassette 
players. So I began with CD's, but here I had to get it right first time, 
and I was plagued with a faulty CD burner in the beginning. So now it's 
minidiscs, and hopefully I shall corner enough minidiscs for future 
requirements. However my hobby room is now cluttered with a tape recorder, a 
rack-mounted stereo, a two-speed turntable, a 78 turntable, a large 
CD-player, and a PC. The minidisc player is fairly inconspicuous, but is my 
present pride and joy.

You named the Spanish dialling tone being concert pitch A. This is also the 
case here in Norway. Many years ago while living in England the British 
Broadcasting Corporation better known as the BBC used to play these three 
notes B-B-C when there were any short pauses, I don't know if they still do.

Bob Smith