The First Machine Phonograph That Can Store and Play Music, This Figure is The Inventor

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FEMUSINDO.com - The first machine phonograph that can store and play music was invented by Thomas Alva Edison.

Thomas Alva Edison announced his invention on November 21, 1877 and was first sold that year.

Thomas Edison's phonograph used a sheet of tin foil wrapped around a grooved metal cylinder. This device can record and play back sound.

Invented by Edison Accidentally

It turns out that Edison invented the phonograph accidentally while working on research looking for a way to record telephone communications in his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

His work led him to experiment with a stylus on a tin foil cylinder. Surprisingly, it could play back the short song he recorded entitled "Mary Had a Little Lamb".

Because of his invention, he was nicknamed the "Wizard of Menlo Park." Although the sound quality was limited and it could only be played a few times, the phonograph made Edison a household name.

Edison put the invention aside in 1878 to work on the incandescent light bulb, and other inventors moved forward to improve the phonograph.

In 1887, Edison returned to work on the device, using the wax cylinder technique developed by Charles Tainter.

Although originally used as a dictation machine, the phonograph proved to be a popular entertainment device.

Edison Files Patent for Phonograph

On December 24, 1877, Edison filed a patent for the phonograph and the patent was issued on February 19, 1878.

At the time, Edison recorded the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and played it on his phonograph.

In 1887, he founded The Edison Phonograph Company and introduced the Improved Phonograph a year later.

Edison announced the creation of the Edison Disc Phonograph in 1913 and continued to make Blue Amberol cylinders until the company closed in 1929.

The Phonograph Changed the Way People Listened to Music

When Edison first created the phonograph, he envisioned many uses for it. However, he accidentally invented the recording machine.

Early phonographs had poor sound fidelity. The microphone had not yet been invented. But the invention of the phonograph changed the way people listened to music.

It was the beginning of on-demand listening, where people could listen to music whenever, wherever, for as long as they wanted. (*)