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Show j THREE VOICES AT ONE TIME Minneapolis Legion Man Can Sing Tenor, Bass and Baritone Parts Simultaneously. Wonder voices have been heralded the world over, at least since the in- sw ri vt " I V. ceplion or tne press agent. But It was left for Joe Kaufman, a former for-mer army sergeant ser-geant and an American Legion member in Minneapolis, Min-neapolis, Minn., to sing the first male trio simultaneously, simultaneous-ly, carrying the parts alone with the same liar-mony liar-mony and control of three singers. ixnuiuiaii is a guveiuuieiu music- student. stu-dent. The secret of Kaufman's unusual accomplishment has baffled voice experts ex-perts as well as himself. Several years ago he discovered his ability to produce overtones which gave the sound of more than one part. .lie entered en-tered the MaePhail school at Minneapolis Minne-apolis as a government student1 and as his voice strengthened and became learer, he developed the curious trio. The only case remotely similar to that of Kaufman, according to his In tractor in the government school, is i hat of a woman singer in whose voice could be distinguished one separate overtone, over which she bad practically practi-cally no control. The former soldier In some way has separated and controlled con-trolled tenor, bass and baritone parts simultaneously. |