More On The First Recording

Doug Yeo tells me our story on Saturday sparked a surge of activity surrounding the Boston Symphony Orchestra Trombone Quartet, believed to the earliest group of BSO musicians to record.

First, to take care of business... Our sound links are still not up and running, but Yeo has posted both of the 1906 recordings.

"The Kerry Dance"
"Nearer, My God, To Thee"

But don't stop there. Never mind that Yeo had a series of concerts to play over the last few days. He has a lengthy entry on his site related to the trombonists. What's more, Yeo has been contacted by the great-granddaughter's of Leroy Kenfield and Carl Hampe. He's seeing the Kenfield woman Friday, and she apparently has a scrapbook from 1898-1910.

Yeo promises updates as information comes in, and he's growing more confident that we might, indeed, be able to find out the identity of the mystery, fourth player.