Birds of the Forest (Sebastian Mayr) - Mr Lee & Mr Alfred Hicks (1902) [Gramophone G.C.-8055]

Piece for Cornet duet.
Flush G&T label.
Catalogue number: G.C.-8055
Reverse side: single-sided (with angel)
Matrix number: 1508 b [G 1508-n.B]
Recording date: 1902.02.
Diameter: 25 cm
Recorder: Fred W. Gaisberg
Recording place: London, UK
Speed: 74.9 rpm [452 Hz piano - E♭ major]
Transfert method: 1.5 mil CT stylus - USB Phono plus (RIAA suppressor used with audacity) - Declick, decrack, low-pass filter 6 kHz [48 dB]
Copyright Notice: The present digital file is my own remastering of a 78rpm disc recording which is over 70 years old and the date of death of German (?) composer Sebastian Mayr is unknown thus in the Public Domain according to the laws in UK. Copyright in the remastering remains with the uploader.

[@henkgloudemans8886]

Magnificent Soundquality ! Bravo Miss Toki !!!!! ☺🤗🤠

[@pascalduboc3779]

c'est beau ,ça doit pas être facile à jouer

[@78umdrehungen]

Is their approach to finding the right speed really that the piano was set to 452Hz of British military music?

[@misstoki]

I have recently acquired the book of Chris Zwarg "Speeds & Keys".
All piano recordings at London before 20 October 1904 were pitched at 452 Hz and changed to 435 Hz with Melba recordings and thereafter.
However, Orchestra accomp still used A=452 until late September 1906 for Gramophone/Zonophone.
Generally, adjacent matrix numbers have nearly the same speed which have evidenced that piano used 435 Hz but 452 Hz for Orchestra and Military bands.
Military bands still used A=452 Hz in 1920s.