Dear Peter,
I may well take you up on your suggestion! However the sound libraries
sound like they would be a good port of call. I was also think of the
British Library's sound archive in London.
I am away for a week but may well be back in touch after that!
All the very best and thank you very much indeed for your advice,
Tehmina
On 4 January 2011 22:28, Peter Evans <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Tehmina,
>
> The only sources of which I am aware are the “Standard” and "Major” 78RPM SFX libraries. These were already old (I would guess C1930s-1940s) when I was playing them under television news services in the early 1970s. The “Standard” was a USA Library, the “Major” a UK library, the latter having some vintage industrial sounds (good dockside SFX, some industrial interiors). If you can find copies of the discs, they should be transferable to digital using good noise reduction software. The only other source might be the SFX discs produced by the BBC radiophonic workshops.
>
> If you have anything specifically mining related you want, let me know and I will see what I can do. I have a portable digital audio recorder and I operate two Cornish boilers, a five-head battery powered by an 1870s tandem compound engine, a steam powered Berdan pan, and a Cornish beam pump on three days of every week at Sovereign Hill in Ballarat (Victoria, Australia). These would have to be posted on CD from Australia, so it might not be the fastest service in the world.
>
> Cheers,
> PeterE.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tehmina Goskar
> Sent: Wednesday, 5 January 2011 12:24 AM
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> Subject: Industrial soundscapes
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> My apologies for cross-posting but please do forward this enquiry to
> anyone who might be able to help.
>
> I am currently planning an exhibition with the National Waterfront
> Museum in Swansea on 'A World of Welsh Copper'. Our aim is to
> highlight the global links of the Welsh copper industry, primarily
> raising awareness of the smelting activities in south Wales but also
> incorporating all the mining links with north Wales, Cornwall/West
> Devon and of course beyond in Chile, Cuba, South Africa, Newfoundland
> and further and nearer afield.
>
> As part of this exhibition we are creating a short film which will
> incorporate a 3D animation of the 19th century smelting works dotted
> around the lower Tawe valley in Swansea. One of the aspects of this I
> would like to work on with the makers is the soundtrack/soundscape.
> Has anyone done this before without resorting to 'stock' sounds of
> steam beam engines, etc? Are there any relatively good quality
> soundbanks available for historic industrial sounds? Engines, rolling
> mills, furnaces, what else?
>
> If anyone has any advice on this subject I would be very grateful indeed.
>
> With all good wishes,
> Tehmina
>
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> Dr Tehmina Goskar, MA AMA
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> http://tehmina.goskar.com/
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> Research Officer: ESRC History, Heritage, and Urban Regeneration: The
> Global and Local Worlds of Welsh Copper
> History & Classics
> University of Swansea
>
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Dr Tehmina Goskar, MA AMA
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Research Officer: ESRC History, Heritage, and Urban Regeneration: The
Global and Local Worlds of Welsh Copper
History & Classics
University of Swansea
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