TCHAIKOVSKY SPEAKS
The words spoken are
Rubinstein: What a wonderful thing [the phonograph]
Block: Finally
Lawrowskaja: Ah disgusting... how he dares slyly to name me
Safonov: (sings a scale incorrectly)
Tchaikovsky: This trill could be better!
Lawrowskaja: (sings)
Tchaikovsky: Block is good, but Edison is even better
Lawrowskaja: (sings)
Safonow: (in German) Peter Jurgenson in Moskau
Tchaikovsky: Who just spoke? It seems to have been Safonov (whistles a theme)