THE HOFFNUNG FESTIVAL
Sir,-I have just been listening to the Hoffnung Music Festival. For a long time I racked my brains for an explanation of the odd sounds issuing from my speaker, and wondered what editorial excuse you could possibly offer to appease Mr Austin. As I listened, I became more and more convinced that the fault lay with the pick-up being used to play the recording. Then, as I turned the pages of The Listener of April 5, I found the answer. There, at the foot of Owen Jensen’s article, lay the offending pick-up. Some careless technician had bent it to such a degree that it had a tracking error of at least 45 degrees. But how, I wondered, could the damage have remained undiscovered for so long? Ah, yes, it had obviously been used’ exclusively for playing rock-and-roll, and nobody had noticed any difference. By some mischance, it had then been used to play the Festival recording. Please could we hear the recording again, played with a. good pick-up?
HAFFHUNG
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 924, 26 April 1957, Page 11
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173THE HOFFNUNG FESTIVAL New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 924, 26 April 1957, Page 11
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