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Photograph (c) 2006
Bethany G. Maas
Our
Phonograph Wedding
On June
24, 2006, Ronda Sewald and I were married in
Beck
Chapel (on the campus of Indiana University), and
in keeping with our interests, we found a prominent
place in the event for the phonograph! First of
all, it played the processional: a wax cylinder of me
playing the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin on the
accordion, recorded earlier that morning by our
obliging phonographer, Martin Fisher. A little
later, Martin recorded our vows on the phonograph --
and then played them back! The recessional was
Mendelssohn's Wedding March on Albany Indestructible
1200, kindly furnished by Bill Klinger (you can hear
another copy of this cylinder
here). Finally, our wedding cake was
designed to look like a gramophone.
Photograph (c) 2006
Bethany G. Maas
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