Sentences with phrase «phonograph cylinder»

It made for a completely different vibe for a show whose biggest connection to recorded sound was the demonstration of early phonograph cylinder recording.

The game has various collectibles ranging from random items and photos, to documents and phonograph cylinders, yet almost all of them are in plain sight or on a second path that's extremely obvious.

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Coleman charts the history of recorded music from Edison's phonograph — played by hand - cranking a needle through grooves on a cylinder — to the digital CDs and iPods of today.

Like Thomas Edison's later invention, the phonograph, Scott's phonautograph converted sound waves into lines traced onto a turning cylinder.

Conservatory of Dead Languages: Cristina Calderà ³ n (b. 1929) and Marie Smith Jones (1918â $ «2008), 2004â $ «present, 22 Wax cylinders, display case, two framed C - prints, Thomas Edison Gem phonograph, stand; dimensions variable.

From the invention of the phonograph (or wax cylinder), to the vinyl LP, to the 8 - track cassette tape, to compact discs and digital files played on iPods that got smaller and smaller (and eventually, too, became unnecessary), music as an audio format evolved to satisfy demands of convenience and access.