Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-01-18 | Page 9 | 15 'Mikes' to Broadcast Second Act of 'Faust'

15 Mikes to Broadcast Second Act of Faust 1 CHICAGO Jan iS 18 AP-A AP new and complicated arrangement of microphones will give radio listeners listen listen- ers a unified version of the fhe second act of Faust sung by the Chicago Civic Opera company when it goes goeson on the air air- January 21 directors an- an Engineers and ana technicians through fifteen microphones expect to overcome over over- come all all' obstacles of sound sion There will he be mlles mikes concealed In the scenery on the stage in in the wings orchestra pit suspended from the ceiling and even along the back wails alls They have be been n stripped I and reduced ced to the size of a spool of thread During the performance an observer ob- ob server following the action on the stage will through telephonic communication com com- order certain microphones microphones micro micro- phones to be bc cut in or out The many channels with their ramifications will lead to a central control point where they will be be blended so as to produce for the thc theair air audience an exact replica of the stage musicale If the experiment is successful the garden scene wilt lie be given for a radio audience