1903 Edison Phonograph Recording Demo | Maker Faire Detroit

[@march11stoneytony]

Can't imagine how much this must have blown people's minds

[@Rafael-pi4md]

It must've been like magic, whoever owned one of these at home must've had a great form of entertainment, before radios and TVs

[@orphanoforbit7588]

It`s blowing mine still.

[@jacklawer6389]

Surprised they weren't charged with witchcraft and executed, lol

[@lowlightpiano7110]

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[@ballscrusher4]

@@lowlightpiano7110 Please go away

[@cerealexperiments8189]

She looked so happy during playback. This is really wholesome.

[@polygonalfortress]

the fact that some groves on wax cylinder could make sound is interesting

[@stephenaviaspace5056]

yEAH

[@therestorationofdrwho1865]

Simply just a form of recording in a continuous line the vibrations carved by a needle. It’s identical to a modern vinyl record.

[@tjm.5934]

It makes you wonder what other cylindrical things with groves can make music…

[@DanteTimberwolf]

@@tjm.5934 anything really

[@DanteTimberwolf]

@@tjm.5934 You can carve grooves into virtually any solid material and it will make sound although the quality will rapidly vary.

[@abc-xf9jg]

if I'm honest, I find this so much more intriguing than what can iphone can do! technology is of course incredible today, but to look at where it started and how hands-on it was is quite mind-boggling but amazing. God gave us some crazy awesome minds!

[@user-gk3lu1gg9t]

It's insulting to humanity to attribute it's achievements to a designer. We design our own future through our education and actions.

[@MZRFaith]

@@user-gk3lu1gg9t through free will that the creator has given us, never think you know more or have knowledge obtained by your own evolution that’s just foolish. Egotism behavior

[@MZRFaith]

@@user-gk3lu1gg9t man gets all knowledge from the source

[@user-gk3lu1gg9t]

@@MZRFaith What is the source of your knowledge?

[@MZRFaith]

@@user-gk3lu1gg9t Higher being

[@alsaz_3015]

Imagine the feeling first time you’ve been able to record a voice in human history! Mind blowing!

[@ruler_of_everything]

i'd record a vintage style playing of "Never Gonna Give You Up", put it in a box labeled "OLDEST PHONOGRAPH SONG EVER MADE", and leave. then people will notice the box and want to play it, then they'll get 1903rolled :)

[@benwyatt7619]

i KNEW I would not be the only one that wants to record never gonna give you up onto a wax cylinder

[@stephenaviaspace5056]

haha good ah a bit funny

[@gunnarthefeisty]

you can have it done, actually. 60 bucks or so for a cylinder

[@gunnarthefeisty]

@Leo Oscar ew a scam bot

[@gunnarthefeisty]

@Blaze Malik what the fuck

[@wrsdes]

First time I saw such a wonderful piece of work. Wow ! thanks for the posting.

[@FitraFadilana]

I can't imagine how happy they are when listening to their very first recorded voice playback

[@granthashimoto4385]

My brain literally refuses to believe that this somehow works lol

[@IAmCargo]

Fr

[@etholus1000]

Your brain is fucked huh? Imagine the people to hear how this worked back then felt? lmfao

[@orphanoforbit7588]

@@IAmCargo what does fr mean?

[@IAmCargo]

@@orphanoforbit7588 for real. Aka I agree

[@seven77thunders]

My son just bought a book guys , a paper book with paper only in it with this device and it worked I just can’t comprehend it - ditch the iPhone give me old school technology

[@AdamSFNews]

This is blowing my mind in 2024, imagine how crazy this was back then!

[@deiregachin]

That's so cool and nostalgic! I heard that even in playing, the playback stylus had over recorded the surrounding voices on the cylinder. So whenever you listened to the cylinder it was different.

[@toonman361]

I may be able to answer this. The sound projected by the speaker has to be directed into the horn or it will not be recorded. The projection of the waves made by the voice against the recorder device cuts into the wax making depressions in the grooves. The recorded sounds made away from the horn would have to be very loud indeed, and the horn much larger than what she used.

[@Bunniluvs_bunz]

Fascinating! I could imagine how fun it would have been to listen to a recording for the first time

[@davecrupel2817]

This must have been INCREDIBLE to bear witness to, for first timers!! Wow!

[@estevanor2898]

This was the best Edison phonograph recording of my life. thanks.

[@Nocgirl]

This was very cool. I was trying to find a video that explains how wax or tin foil produced the first sounds and I found it. Very fascinating.

[@mrwaseemmalik5766]

It was really magic that time by how amaze a machine is speaking. Thanks mr Edison and mr Barens who made it in public

[@clutrike7956]

I imagine looking at this and being amazed at how this is even possible is how people from 100 years ago would look at phones today

[@judahsmall3023]

This phonograph was invented the same year both Bob Hope and Johannes Heesters was born. Bob Hope died at the age of 100 while Johannes Heesters died at the age of 108. Thinking about these vintage objects, it is nice to know that some humans around from the 1890s and 1900s lived to see the 2000's decade and half of the 2010's.

[@chennaindia2]

Hats Off the person who invented the instrument of voice recording. ❤

[@michaelsmusicinstruments9980]

So far I have only read how the ponograph worked. This works better than I thought, thanks for the demonstration

[@04dram04]

This explains the law of attraction perfectly. If a positive event creates certain thoughts and emotions, then those certain thoughts and emotions, will create that positive event.

[@roteschwert]

This somehow blows my mind more than the iPod did! The fact that we managed to figure this out 140 years ago!

[@joerectifier]

Fantastic and wonderful - the pure source of invention.

[@THall-vi8cp]

It would be fun to tinker with one of these. I'd probably call a pianist over, get my horn out and get to work making some "vintage" recordings.

[@Omegajunior2658]

Wow that looks incredible! Good afternoon from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@yeahman3561]

Cheers from iraq

[@davinderpalsingh1720]

Aye Thomas I have ur phono graph and R.I.P to you bro I respect you you changed the world and we will never forget about!

[@crist67mustang]

Thank you very much. Let me tell you that the first broadcasting transmission in LatinAmerica was in my country early 1900. Christian, from the far city of Santiago, Chile.

[@jathebest2835]

100 years later, We record our voices using a phone. It is very light and convenient. Even the voice quality is better than the phonograph. Then..imagine what invention will be coming to the world in 100 years..

[@tedkaczynskiamericanhero3916]

I was just thinking about that, well kind of. For thousands of years there was almost no technological advancements for humans. The last 200 years has seen more advancements than the rest of history combined (well seemingly)

[@Skinner90210]

Everything will be virtual

[@04dram04]

Yes virtual reality videos will be the norm in the future. The technology actually already exist. You will be able to explore a video in VR 3d, the same way you can explore real life. It's done by combining a filmed scene that been filmed by many cameras at different angles.

[@roteschwert]

@@tedkaczynskiamericanhero3916 I wonder if this exponential growth will continue into the future. Can't wait to see all the cool stuff 50 years from now. My eyes are on Neuralink

[@nateweeks4094]

​@@tedkaczynskiamericanhero3916 i think its because the most brilliant minds are able to be connected, not spread throughout the world doing solo work. I think this trend of fast advancment will continue

[@PrinceKumar-hh6yn]

Haha...glad to appreciate the first inventions of same tech we use so casually

[@NandakumarJNair32]

Very good. Thank you.

[@okuu_utsuho]

That was sssooooo COOOL!

[@jdad8726]

thank you so much.. my life has been stuck to medical.. i have always wondered about how the first was done..i hope i remember to look up how the needle works omg so exiting

[@douglasfreeman3229]

I would love to come to this wonderful museum and try recording on a wax cylinder. It would thrill me to bits. Unfortunately I live in England, but I am there in spirit!

[@antiqueradionut]

I'm sure there are people in England that can do the same thing.

[@etholus1000]

@@antiqueradionut Nah, gotta go to America where people still care about this technology and developed it to experience it.

[@911abbeyroad]

@@antiqueradionut there definitely is! My buddy has 5 of theses machines in upstate NY and I just recorded on one of these yesterday...it was so cool! He gets most of his wax blank cylinders from a guy in England.. so there most definitely are ppl there who take interest in it! The same guy is actually gonna have another shipment ready in March 2023

[@911abbeyroad]

there definitely is! My buddy has 5 of theses machines in upstate NY and I just recorded on one of these yesterday...it was so cool! He gets most of his wax blank cylinders from a guy in England.. so there most definitely are ppl there who take interest in it! The same guy is actually gonna have another shipment ready in March 2023

[@FarhanAmin1994]

Absolutely awesome ♥️ Thanks for the video

[@Tienuyan]

I have now access to the biggest Edison collection here in Taiwan, with over 12 phonographs and 2.5 million 78 discs. I opened a coffee museum here in Taipei City. Whoever comes in the near future to Taiwan hit me up.

[@diegos.loayza3706]

sounds very interesting

[@toonman361]

Aside from cylinders, Edison produced disc records called "reproductions" rather than records and were played at a speed of roughly 80rpms, not 78. His recreations were about .25in thick (easy to spot). The 78s you refer to are not his but probably Victor, Columbia, or another record company.

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

Dang u got more than me lol

[@KalumPrasanna-o3t]

Thank you for showing the world 🌎

[@goon5544]

They should have these devices and old technology in schools to show kids when they are younger.

[@seanboyle2455]

Edison and others of his generation created the modern world in such a short amount of time. Amazing to think this actually worked the very first time they prototyped it

[@sanjibpradhan7161]

How sound is recorded in gramaphone disc ...can you plez explain in 3d animation

[@bialazaba8504]

the playback stylus you used was not met to be used with Brown wax recordings

[@MeeraNamboothiri-x7l]

does anyone know how to make a replica of this for a school project?

[@DavidBerquist334]

How many times can it be played until it loose sound quality

[@arendelle_ok]

So whats differences bettween cutting stylus and playback stylus ?

[@PepperoniSlacks]

cutting stylus is pushed into the wax by the vibrations. This cuts grooves into the wax, creating a physical manifestation of the waveforms (air pressure changes). The playback stylus doesn't cut, it rides the grooves, moving up and down, vibrating the diaphragm in the exact way the speaker's voice did, creating the same waveforms (air pressure changes) that our ear perceives as a human voice.

[@zilipendwa-club-covers]

Can't wait to show this to my film music students at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

[@federalisticnewyorkians4470]

One question I had with this prehistoric recording medium: During the 1930s magnetic tape became the medium for storing the artists master recording, and the process of making the sound production on a record allowed for one spin of the master to create thousands, even millions of records. BUT, back then before tape there were only cylinders. So, where was the master recording and how were they transferred without some serious loss and cylinder to cylinder discrepncies ?

[@maheshnarayan6440]

How does the playback actually happen? What is the trigger force that moves the diaphragm while reading from the wax?

[@luizbaronemusic]

Why background music when playing back?

[@TheBinaryWolf]

Wax is soft, so wouldn't the cylinder degrade rapidly, especially in a warm room?

[@haranpunnakkad2572]

Thanks for the demo

[@alistaircornacchio5727]

Anyone know if there's any place I can buy one?

[@DanteTimberwolf]

eBay, be prepared to have a pretty penny though

[@gehanpanagoda1030]

Could someone tell me whether Edison Amberola 30 be used to record some persons voice with the support of an adaptor. I am an amateur to the field. I do possess an Edison Amberola 30. Gehan

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

There may have been some obscure attachments but most likely no.

[@masterbadger9408]

Sadly, no. By the time the Amberola 30's were put on the market in 1913, the Edison company had moved on to using 4 minute hard plastic, or celluloid cylinders, and those were much harder than the wax cylinders of several years before. There also isn't a way to play those 2 minute ones either, as the diamond stylus would cut them when played. I don't know of any standard recorder attachments made for the public, however, I do know of a special attachment being made for special, (ICS) Amberola 30s, that allowed to record, but I don't know much about it.

[@Ferda1964]

Great presentation lady.👍

[@snorttroll4379]

What kind of whacks in?What kind of um needle is used

[@Densgaming2803]

How can that thing record? can someone explain? thats mind blowing 🤔🤔

[@zaxisontherun]

Sound is collected by a horn that is attached to a diaphragm. The sound causes vibrations in the air that travel down the horn causing the diaphragm to vibrate. The diaphragm is connected to a stylus and pressed into a cylinder covered in wax (or alternatively a thin layer of tin foil).If we rotate the cylinder backwards we can hear the recording

[@PepperoniSlacks]

It's all in how our ears and, ultimately, our brains perceive sound--through changes in air pressure. With this phonograph, the speaker's voice vibrates a diaphragm, which pushes a cutting stylus into the wax, creating a physical manifestation of the air pressure changes (the grooves). On playback, the playback stylus rides these grooves, moving up and down, vibrating the diaphragm, closely mimicking the original vibrations of the speaker's voice. This recreates the same air pressure changes (sound waves) that we perceive as a human voice. The diaphragm--what we would now call a speaker--need not be made of biological materials (larynx, vocal cords, mouth, etc.) to be perceived as a human voice by our brains; it just needs to closely mimic the changes in air pressure.

[@cypher1133]

man that thing is so cool

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

I can do this at home...I just need some blank records though. And a model B reproducer.

[@gehanpanagoda1030]

Hi I am Gehan Panagoda from Sri Lanka. You are using the same stylus for cutting a record and play. Can I use the diamond stylus of Edison Amberola 50 for both purposes. Using sound horn as the recording horn. Thank you

[@originalgramophonerecordin8560]

Amazing! We also collect the rearest gramophone recordings!

[@jazzrat2000]

I wish I had known about that before I took my band into the studio :)

[@trutheretic]

It's crazy to imagine theorising that a needle imprinted on a wax cylinder could record sound in a time when there wasn't even electricity, and then actually creating it. It would of freaked you out the first time

[@Viestadisaster]

Was reading Dracula, and had to watch this video for reference!

[@chrispaul2937]

thank you for the best example on the web of how this works. However, I am still not sure I understand what is happening. I guess the vibrations of your voice is causing the needle to cut into the wax your specific vibrations. Then on playback a different needle is riding in the groove and the groove and needle causes some sort of friction which plays your recording. Its like scratching the sound out of the disk. Still makes no sense of how the recording part works. I understand the playback and how that works but the recording still baffles me.

[@odinmp5]

Your explanation makes a Lot of sense.

[@toonman361]

A modern record uses wavy lines on the sides of the groove to reproduce sound. The recording on a cylinder uses a "hill and dale" method where the waves are cut into the groove up (hill) and down (dale). Edison preferred this technique over the side or "lateral" cut records. Edison resisted disk records until I believe 1913. The market for disc records far exceeded his cylinder records. He was a stubborn man.

[@motivationlang5609]

What made them come up with that

[@Yablo69]

I found 4 of these in my basement. A bit moldy. What should I do with them?

[@zaxisontherun]

Restore them

[@kamanisamarasinghe]

Did you find wax recording related to Ceylon

[@mikewinings4120]

I learned a new word,sworf,love it

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

Finally got a blank cylinder record to do this at home! I’m so nervous of goofing it up since I don’t have a shaver…

[@aidag.1377]

incredible!

[@Daseinmusic99]

that is magic. how ?

[@MrVladislav0202]

Right!?

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

Just your voice vibrating a groove into the wax. I got the equipment to do this.

[@PepperoniSlacks]

It's all in how our ears and brains perceive sound. With this phonograph, the speaker's voice vibrates a diaphragm which pushes a cutting stylus into the wax creating a physical manifestation of the waveforms (air pressure changes). On playback, the playback stylus rides these grooves, moving up and down, vibrating the diaphragm in the exact way the speaker's voice did, creating the same waveforms (air pressure changes) that our ear perceives as a human voice. The diaphragm need not be made of the same materials (larynx, vocal cords, mouth, etc.) to be perceived as a human voice by our brains, it just needs to closely mimic the changes in air pressure.

[@atlanteum]

I still remember the thrill of switching from LPs to CDs - and that was basically just an improvement in media storage. A Wax Recorder must have been like opening a doorway into the future. Monday: "There's no way to record sound!" Tuesday: "Here's your sound recording box!"

[@Wealthonicdesigns]

How many GB does that have

[@Resenbrink]

I'm reading Morris' biography of Edison at the moment.

[@finno123456]

Amazing i didn't know it's made of wax i thought Baker light

[@sfperalta]

I actually own an Edison phonograph, sadly without the horn, but with a couple dozen original (commercial) music recordings from that era. One thing I found out many years ago is that you can't actually play any of those old recordings without destroying them, the material is too degraded with age, so it's for display only. But it's an interesting piece of history nonetheless!

[@Huo-Heatergun]

i have a phonograph to and its around 9 size and am to lazy to tell how it looks like

[@ramsonsitumorang9780]

Sangat tertarik dengan teknologi nya..dan sangat penasaran dengan komponen perekam nya👍👍

[@thealfa1415]

Without electricity omg😳

[@Chiefonenut]

And records still work on that same identical principle today

[@Scifi4life]

Amazing

[@sumanthbhat1041]

best ever technology for recording voice no electricity⚡ nothing required

[@leticiab.1642]

Wow that's so interesting!

[@gabbou2836]

Imagine inventing these in the 1600s, you'll be charged for witchcraft.

[@ashutoshbhakuni303]

Wonderful! What is the design of the playback stylus? Diy designs use the same pin for playback

[@imrauddin5384]

Amazing 😍

[@diegos.loayza3706]

god dammit now i want one!!!!!!!

[@ultragarrison]

Dr. Seward's recordings on Dracula

[@michaelmontano4280]

I like these things.

[@sanjibpradhan7161]

Finally i got my answer ❤❤

[@abymohanan9403]

Amazing 😍👍🏻👌🏻

[@lo-firobotboy7112]

The background music is really, really distracting. Especially for a video about sound recording.

[@kingsun4398]

That's true amazing

[@amyheartsyou]

The playback doesn't match the sound she recorded. Listen to the difference at 0:38 and 1:19.

[@AlbertBenajam-ww1db]

WAX like mayerial was used for madtering commercial tecords, that were electroplated for duplication. The material shrank as it cooled,, and was pulled from theold. This was true after 1903 for cylinders, nefore that yhe proces was somthing like shown here, in the early days each record sold was an original but just before then a ststem used where an orginal records was " played " into another machine called PENTOGRAPH DUPLICATION where a dozen or do copies could neadr pf each performance.

[@GarfieldAtLasganaParty]

So I have I think a his masters gramophone from the 30s so if I had an empty record and played and spoke in to the record then play it again it world record the song? Thanks Edit: 3 year later, found out it’s from the 50s/60s and no you cannot record into it 😂

[@sagheerbhangar]

So Lovelyyyyyy

[@MuhammadYousaf-yg6tw]

Nice golden period of past

[@EmJack_Gaming]

This is insane

[@ARCtheCartoonMaster]

Well, it was an impressive start, at least.

[@democracysdoomsday7905]

So cool

[@MoonoraPuyou]

I wonder how this works

[@PepperoniSlacks]

It's all in how our ears and, ultimately, our brains perceive sound--through changes in air pressure. With this phonograph, the speaker's voice vibrates a diaphragm, which pushes a cutting stylus into the wax, creating a physical manifestation of the air pressure changes (the grooves). On playback, the playback stylus rides these grooves, moving up and down, vibrating the diaphragm, closely mimicking the original vibrations of the speaker's voice. This recreates the same air pressure changes (sound waves) that we perceive as a human voice. The diaphragm--what we would now call a speaker--need not be made of biological materials (larynx, vocal cords, mouth, etc.) to be perceived as a human voice by our brains; it just needs to closely mimic the changes in air pressure.