The young Viner found inventive ways to stimulate his wide - ranging curiosity: he played Beethoven to himself on a wind -
up gramophone, and detonated objects with homemade explosives.
Not exact matches
Ever since Enrico Caruso was first pressed on one of those scratchy, one - sided 78s for Mr. Edison's new
gramophone machine, nearly every musical performer has felt compelled to issue a Christmas album, and the sheer bulk of that music adds
up to more than anyone could listen to in a thousand holidays.
The device converts the analogue signal from a
gramophone pick -
up into digital code.
Stroh instruments — traditional string instruments customised with
gramophone pick -
ups and horns by the 19th - century acoustic engineer Augustus Stroh to improve the volume and directionality of their sound — are a favourite of Kolkowski's.