Thursday, March 27, 2008

Great Scott, twenty years before Edison!

The Phonoautograph ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/arts/27soun.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

4 comments:

Biddie said...

You come up with the most interesting tidbits! The metal scroll work supporting the instrument is pretty.

Cheryl said...

Here it is....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE6_M6BkUM8

Priscilla said...

Thanks.
When I come across oddities I can't help sharing them.
Biddie, you take it easy with your wire work. You could get lockjaw.

Biddie said...

You're right!!

I'm a little overdue for my tetanus booster. One of the benefits of working at the Univ. of TX Medical Branch in Galveston was free vacinations as needed. Every 10 years was the recommended time period. It's been 11 years now since my last one and I really need it more now with all this rusty wire than ever ....