The history of the edison cylinder phonograph
The history of the edison cylinder phonograph parts!
Phonograph cylinder
Medium for recording and reproducing sound
An Edison Gold Mould cylinder record, taken out of its storing tube (left), from c. When was the phonograph invented1900s | |
| Capacity | 2 minutes |
|---|---|
| Released | c. 1888 |
| Discontinued | 1929 |
Phonograph cylinders (also referred to as Edison cylinders after its creator Thomas Edison) are the earliest commercial medium for recording and reproducing sound.
Commonly known simply as "records" in their heyday (c. 1896–1916), a name which has been passed on to their disc-shaped successor, these hollow cylindrical objects have an audio recording engraved on the outside surface which can be reproduced when they are played on a mechanical cylinder phonograph.[1] The first cylinders were wrapped with tin foil[2] but the improved version made of wax was created a decade later,[3] after which they were commercialized.
In the 1910s, the competing disc record system triumphed in the marketplace to become the dominant commerc