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In the workshop

The workshop at the Wigston Frame Knitters Museum would have had up to six machines working at the same time.

[Sound clip on the Bedaux strike]

Hear our simulation of the workshop.wma

0.41 minutes

[171 kb]

 

We have attempted to recreate the sound of the workshop by multi-tracking the sound of the single frame six times, and at the end adding the sound of the winder (which wouldn't have been running all the time).

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Last updated: 25/07/02
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