1/10/01 17:55:27, Tom Jennings wrote:

(Quoting)

When the celebrated 19th century pianist and conductor, Hans von

Blow, first heard himself playing a Chopin mazurka on one of Edison

primitive cylinder phonographs, he is said to have fainted.

For "Blow", try "Bülow" ([ü] is u-umlaut); it might have been stripped out by some "legacy" 7-bit ASCII system somewhere along the line. John *Blow* was a composer, ca. 1600, btw. Loved the article; it shows a rare awareness.

Thanks to both of you!

Regards,

Nicholas Bodley |@| Waltham, Mass. nbodley@princeton dot alumni dot edu