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Early recording sessions      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.
 
   Cylinder of the Month
Listen to a complete two-minute wax cylinder recording – a "new" cylinder every month.
For September:   An early recording of the hit comic song Under the Anheuser Bush, sung by Billy Murray.
Hear a complete wax cylinder recording.    
Recently:  
August:   Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond (Soprano) 1906
July:   At the Minstrel Show - No. 1 (Minstrel series) 1906
June:   Black Diamond Express March (Band) 1905
May:   Mother's Twilight Song (Song) 1894
April:   La Basoche - Je suis aimé de la plus belle (Baritone) 1900
March:   Uncle Josh in Society (Funny talk) 1899
February:   Down in Blossom Row Medley (Xylophone solo) 1905

See also the archive.
 
   Thomas Edison Commemorative
 
   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 130 years . . .
 
Tour the tinfoil.com preservation process      Wax cylinder preservation tour
See the process used at tinfoil.com to preserve early wax cylinder recordings.
 
   A Note to Caretakers of Early Sound Recordings
Preservation of brown wax cylinder recordings digitally transferred onto CDs, including research, offered to collectors and institutions.
See also the video guide for packing and shipping wax cylinder records.

 
   Tinfoil Resource Center
Locate answers, resources, buyers and sellers – An antique phonograph and early sound recordings answer desk.
 
The 2nd page      The 2nd Page
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