MELBA'S VOICE,
VOCAL PHOTOGRAPHS. THE AUDIOMETER. L,OXI>OX, July 25. Dame Xellie Melba's voice lias been successfully photographed. She sang into Professor A. M. Ix>w-'s audiometer, and three photographs were taken, the first of the famous Melba trill, the second of the note "C," and the third an exercise designed to cure the nodules which form on the vocal cords of singers. The first and second showed the waves of sound amazingly perfect, their regularity proving that every note was distinct and true.
The photogEaphe, Melba considers, "are of exceptional interest to singers, and will enable future generations to compare the quality of her long with that of voices as jet unhearA.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 182, 1 August 1923, Page 5
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