Phonograph History

Thomas Alva Edison, born in 1847, invented many things, including the phonograph in 1877. In 1888 Edison announced that he was working on “an instrument which does for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear.” Some point between May and August of 1891, the kinetiscope was complete. The kinetiscope was a cabinet with a peephole to watch min films playing inside that were about 90 seconds long. The customer would only have to drop a penny in the slot and look through the viewfinder at the image

The process of refining and marketing the phonograph is similar to the development of the Audio Spotlight. The articles “The Incredible Talking Machine”, “History of the Cylinder Phonograph” and “Psst . . . Hey, You.” discuss these topics. All inventions discussed in the articles were creations of active imaginations, development of workable models, and the push to perfect the model. Thomas Edison invented the first rudimentary machine for recording and playing back sound. He and his team of scientists

are constantly replicated to explore new creations. One of the tools that has presented these changes for years is the phonograph. The phonograph, similarly to music, has evolved as well, displaying multi-faceted capabilities. The adaptability of the phonograph is an amazing achievement. To understand this achievement of adaptability, it will be important to understand; the history

were mass produced and when the enlighten sound of music became part of the public eye and a window into the aspirations and insecurities of a nation attempting to locate its musical personality. Many people do not know what a Victrola is or the history behind it. There were many different designs of the Victrola. First I will start with the “Brass Horn” as you can see has a large funnel shaped speaker attached to the arm of the record player. It also has a wind up handle that is required to be

There’s always discussion on how great can a pop music affect one’s daily life. Both technology and music can affect one’s life in either good or bad way such that they are also related to each other. Technology had always had a dominant role in human history like music since the 1900s. Since then, the advancement of technology had create ‘miracle’ with music such that people won’t be able to imagine the effect back in 19th century. The effect of the technology on pop music can be observed through the

Technology and music have always been interlinked. As technology improves ways of recording and distributing music improves. Over history we have gone from scratchy records to clear and portable MP3s. New and innovative technology have helped to shape America’s culture as a nation. In 1877 the first human voice was recorded by Thomas Edison using tinfoil. He was attempting to improve the telegraph when he realized that when he moved tape through the machine it made a noise that sounded similar to

THE HISTORY OF SOUND RECORDING Phonautograph The first device recorded actual sounds as they passed through the air was the phonautograph, patented in 1857 by Parisian inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville. The device could not playback sound. The earliest known recordings of the human voice are phonautograph recordings, called "phonautograms", made in 1857. Phonograph On April 30, 1877, inventor Charles Cros submitted a letter to

who was using zoopraxiscope to arouse the motion of all kinds of animals. From that moment, Edison decided that he will create a camera, that could capture better quality images. He wanted to design, “an instrument that does for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear." He started to do experiments, by taking multiple pictures of a cylinder and then reviewing it by using a microscope. Edison decided to work with W. K. L. Dickson. Dickson was a huge photographer, so he was providing Edison with

Sound Recording, Its History And Impact On Media In The 21st Century On this essay I will try to show how Sound Recording impacts media in the 21st century. But in order for me to do that I will need to explore the history of Sound Recording, which started in the 19th Century. Before 1877 sound could be recorded but not played. That year Thomas Alva Edison invented the talking tin foil, also known as the phonograph (voice – writer), which enabled sound to be played back (the

“Ten little soldier boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were Nine…One little soldier boy left all alone; he went and hanged himself And then there were None” (Green). A group of 10 strangers are sent to the mysterious Soldier Island for a so called vacation. What they don’t know is that there is one murderer among them. During their first night on the island, a mysterious record reveals the darkest secret of each person, they are murderers. Soon after that, the first