The Phonograph

The Phonograph

 

Þ   1877. Thomas Edison invented the Phonograph. It is a device used to record and p

lay sounds, typically music. It used a piece of tin foil wrapped around a spinning cylinder.

 

Þ   1878. First time music is put on a record. It was “Yankee Doodle” played by Jules L

evy.

 

Þ   1889. San Francisco becomes home to the first “phonograph parlor.” Customers were able to request a song for a nickel.

 

Þ   1888. Frank Lambert records Handel’s choral music at the Crystal Palace in Lo

ndon, which is believed to be the oldest recording still in existence today.

 

Þ   1890. Record companies began to mass-produce their records.

 

 

 

Þ   Invention of the Phonograph

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGJR2DZBfF0

 

Þ   Demonstration of an Edison tinfoil Phonograph

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAXhclPS3AE

 

 

Source:

http://www.aes.org/aeshc/docs/audio.history.timeline.html