Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 8/11/2001 11:33 pm, Jay Burleson at Leica Users digest wrote: > In England, a "Tannoy" is the generic name for a loudspeaker. No, sorry, not right. "Tannoy" is a generic term for public address system. I used to write the manuals for their hi-fi loudspeaker range and know the company and its history quite well. They used to get very pissy if you use tannoy rather than Tannoy (much as Hoover get pissy about the use of hoover). Protection of trade mark legalities. One totally off-topic piece of Tannoy info was that they used to produce a 'shouting helmet' for the army. Two horn loudspeakers rapped around an army helmet with a built in microphone for propaganda and psi-warfare use. And even further off topic I'm disappointed no one has mentioned Mozart Requiems by Harnoncourt or Norrington on authentic instruments and boys voices or the version by Phillipe Hereweghe. - -- Regards David Prakel PS Just off to load some film in the R8 and M6 and I'm shooting a 30th wedding anniversary 'bash' as a favour. (Wrenches subject unconvincingly back on topic at last moment) - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html