Auckland Next

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 44, 18 May 1928, Page 4

Auckland Next

NEW ORCHESTRA PLANNED

SIMILAR TO 2YA

HE success of the new orchestra at 2YA is everywhere proclaimed. Congratulatory messages have poured in from all quarters and the Broadcasting Company's enterprise in embarking on such a proposal has been everywhere commended. The Broadeasting Company will next turn its attention to Auckland, where the formation of a similer orchestra at 1YA is under consideration, but no date has yet been fixed for its first appearance. As indicative of the praise which has been given to the 2Y¥A orchestra, we take the following from the radio colwnn of the "Evening Post" of May 10, the writer being one of the most candid eritics the Broadcasting Company has had :- "On all hands the orchestra at 2YA is being praised. Its performance, as heard in the wireless home, is not always what it should be, but the orchestra itself has more than fullilled the highest anticipations. The writer has, owing to various engagements, heard little of it, but on Tuesday night listened to 2YA’s whole programme as reproduced on a receiver of high quality, and the orchestral items were a revelation of what broadeasting can be. The pariy included two who have recently come from London, and they were unreserved in their expressions of appreciation of both the performance of the orchestra and the transmission. Firstclass performance we had been led to expect. and it is very pleasant to record that the forecast of the capability of the new combination was not exaggerated, The company and its musical director will be congratulated on all hands for introducing so fine a musical feature. "In regard to the transmission, the writer’s admittedly very limited experience suggests that special care

needs to be taken in the monitoring of the orchestral items, which make very severe demands on the modulation range of the apparatus. The transmissious have demonstrated in a very striking fashion the efficiency ' of 2YA’s apparatus in handling low frequencies. IJfor a long time the truthful rendering of drums was one of the most stubborn little problems of transmitter design, but 2YA sends them out extremely well, as can be heard if the ‘receiver and loudspeaker are able to reproduce them. The average set: and hern-type speaker, however, fails to do such low notes justice. "Appreciation of the orchestra ‘was expressed by the members of the Amateur Radio Society of Wellington at the annual meeting on Monday. It was stated that the orchestra was appreciated not only in Wellington, but in other parts of the North Island, and a letter had bee n received in appreciation of the music from an Auckland listener,’