Edison cylinder phonograph
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The Edison cylinder phonograph was an early sound recording and playback device that used rotating wax cylinders to capture and reproduce audio, pioneering the era of recorded sound.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
audio recording technology
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phonograph → sound recording and playback device → |
| audioQuality |
limited frequency range
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| commercialIntroduction |
late 1880s
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| competedWith |
Berliner gramophone
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| developer |
Thomas Alva Edison
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| firstDemonstratedBy |
Thomas Alva Edison
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| firstDemonstrationDate |
1877-12
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| function |
sound recording
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sound reproduction → |
| historicalSignificance |
marked the beginning of the era of recorded sound
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one of the first practical sound recording devices → |
| introduced |
1877
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| inventor |
Thomas Alva Edison
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| laterRecordingDuration |
about 4 minutes
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| manufacturer |
Edison Phonograph Company
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National Phonograph Company → Thomas A. Edison, Inc. → |
| material |
later celluloid cylinders
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wax → |
| medium |
phonograph cylinder
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| notableFeature |
ability to both record and play back
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interchangeable cylinders → mechanical acoustic amplification → |
| peakPopularity |
1890s
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early 1900s → |
| pioneered |
commercial sound recording
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home audio entertainment → recorded sound industry → |
| powerSource |
hand crank
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spring motor → |
| preservedIn |
historical sound archives
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museums → |
| recordingFormat |
vertical cut groove
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| replacedBy |
disc phonograph
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gramophone → |
| typicalRecordingDuration |
about 2 minutes
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| usedFor |
demonstrations of electricity and sound
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dictation → entertainment → music recording → spoken word recording → |
| uses |
acoustic horn
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diaphragm → mechanical playback → mechanical recording → rotating cylinder → stylus → wax cylinder → |
Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Berliner gramophone
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Berliner gramophone ("Columbia cylinder phonograph") → |
competedWith |
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Thomas Edison National Historical Park
("Edison phonographs")
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hasCollection |
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Thomas Alva Edison
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notableWork |
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Volta Laboratory
("graphophone")
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productOrMaterialProduced |