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Dedicated to the preservation of early recorded sounds

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Early Recorded Sounds & Wax Cylinders
Explore early sound recording methods, two-minute wax cylinder records
and antique phonographs; see plenty of rare vintage photos;
and enjoy listening to early recorded sounds taken directly from the original wax cylinders.
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Cylinder of the Month
Listen to a complete two-minute wax cylinder recording
a "new" cylinder every month.

For April:
Enjoy a wild verbal ride from 1898 with Schultz as he shares his Letter from the Klondike.

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March:
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World's fair souvenir records (Talking) 1904 & 1905
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February:
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U. S. Army Lancers, 1st Figure (Band) 1906
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January:
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Auld Lang Syne (Quartette) 1898
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December:
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Monastery Bells (Bells & chimes duet) 1905
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November:
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Je suis aimé de la plus belle" from La Basoche (Baritone) 1900
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October:
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At the Minstrel Show - No. 1 (Minstrels) 1906
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See also the archive.
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Thomas Edison Commemorative
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An 1878 Recording
Want a primitive recording?
Try this experimental sound recording from 1878:
The world's earliest playable phonograph recording
still audible today after more than 140 years . . .
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Tinfoil Resource Center
Locate answers, resources,
buyers and
sellers
An antique phonograph and early sound recordings answer desk.
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