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Phonograph

1877 - Thomas Edison (American) with John Kruesi (Swiss)

recording sounds on metal wire

experimented with tape (paraffin wax), cylinder (tin foil) and disk (vinyl)

1878 patent

"phonograph"

first message - "halloo!"

Bell's reaction! Bell recording

would the role be informational? (dictating machine for business)

or entertainment? (music)

would the philosophy be "home" recording

(content supplied by the phonograph owner)

or commercial

(content supplied by recording companies)

1889 - first commercial recordings (cylinders - wax)

nickelodeon (forerunner of the jukebox)

1890s first home machines

1906 Victrola