Posted on 04/07/2022 10:36:44 AM PDT by BenLurkin
These wax cylinders were game-changers in the later nineteenth century. People could slide a blank cylinder onto their Edison phonographs and record themselves and their surroundings. However, because they are incredibly fragile, these cylinder recordings were considered unplayable by those living in the modern age – at least until now.
These recordings will not remain a mystery for much longer. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, which has a collection of these wax cylinders, recently acquired an Endpoint Cylinder and Dictabelt Machine. This modern machine, invented by Nicholas Bergh, can digitize wax cylinders thanks to a laser and needle combination. The Endpoint Cylinder and Dictabelt Machine can even digitalize broken cylinders.
It will still be a few years before the entire wax cylinder collection housed at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts will be digitized. However, once this process is complete, listeners throughout America who have access to a computer will be able to hear these mysterious tapes. We will get to learn how people sounded over one hundred years ago, from the comfort of our own homes.
(Excerpt) Read more at thevintagenews.com ...
“Drink your Ovaltine”
I have reached the stage where I don’t really trust anyone to not modify the recordings.
William Taft burping the song “A Bird in a Gilded Cage.”
“People could slide a blank cylinder onto their Edison phonographs and record themselves and their surroundings.”
Like the machine Fred MacMurray used to record his confession in “Double Indemnity.”
“Epstein didn’t kill himself”
I think this is cool.
Geraldo Rivera’s ancestors doing explosive expose’s no doubt.
Airliners don’t vanish.
Neither do ships.
voice one: “how do you know it’s recording?”
voice two: “the disk is spinning and the needle is creating a groove in the wax.”
one: that means it is spinning and grooving, but how do you know it is recording my voice?
two: trust me. it’s recording.
one: well, then, good thing i didn’t say f#@$.
We’ve been trying to reach you about your car warranty.
You should have received something in the mail.
One would think that they would already of an example that people could listen to.
This would be a perfect thread for a Rick roll. But I won’t do it.
Interesting and cool.
Bummer...was hoping for at least a “teaser” sample. Are we gonna have to wait “years” for that?
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