Analogue sound technologies
Historical overview of technological objects used to record and reproduce sound during the 20th century: from the Edison 'Fireside' Phonograph, the Stentorphone and Auxetophone valved sound boxes for the gramophone and the HMV 2300H portable disc recorder to the Nagra tape recorder, Wilcox-Gay 1C10 'Recordio' hybrid tape and disc recorder and Cartavox sound postcard recorder.
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Edison 'Fireside' Phonograph with horn (ca. 1909).
Assembly of the Edison 'Fireside' Phonograph (ca. 1909).
Accessories of the Edison 'Fireside' Phonograph (ca. 1909).
Plate of the Edison 'Fireside' Phonograph (ca. 1909).
Wooden case of the Edison 'Fireside' Phonograph (ca. 1909).
Cylinder records for the Edison Phonograph.
Cylinder and cylinder box of the Edison 'Fireside' Phonograph (ca. 1909).
Interior of the Edison 'Fireside' Phonograph (ca. 1909).
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Påskrift: Edison Standard Phonograph. Tidligere tilhørt El-installatør Nielsen, Esbjerg. Stand: kabinet mangler bund og låg, maskineriet defekt, en del mangler.; Kulturstyrelsen
Edison Bell phonograph with a maroon bakelite horn. Winding handle on right hand side.
Spring motor of the Edison 'Fireside' Phonograph (ca. 1909) in use.
360-degree representation of the Edison 'Fireside' Phonograph (ca. 1909).
Fonograftratt av förnicklad mässingsplåt, att hänga i ställning, gammal modell.
Fonografrullar nio stycken, i pappfodral, till fonograf 221-50; 221-till 224-50 hör ihop; Kultur
Making a cylinder recording on the Edison 'Fireside' Phonograph (ca. 1909), demonstrated by Aleksander Kolkowski at the Media Lab of the University of Luxembourg in August 2021.
Playback of a cylinder recording on the Edison 'Fireside' Phonograph (ca. 1909), demonstrated by Aleksander Kolkowski at the Media Lab of the University of Luxembourg in August 2021.
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Edison, phonograph; 30050 to 30076-44; 30050-30076-44
The term "phonograph" was the name used by Thomas Alva Edison for the recording device he patented in 1877, which consisted of a cylinder covered with aluminum foil (and later with wax - the "phonogram"), the surface of which would be …
event comment: Produced in “Columbia Phonograph Company”
Auxetophone soundbox (ca. 1908), used in air-powered gramophone concerts.
Stentorphone soundbox (ca. 1913), used in air-powered gramophone concerts.
The Stentorphone was developed between 1910 and 1920 by Harry Alfred Gaydon. Stentor was a character in Greek mythology who had a very loud voice. The difference between a traditional Gramophone and a Stentorphone is the balanced comb valve instead of the…
A historical sound recording disc for the HMV Portable Disc Recorder (1948).
A figure of a dog listening to a gramophone, reproduction of the corporate image of the record company His Master’s Voice.
Details of a gramophone needle on a sound disc, advertizing company His Master’s Voice.
Composition made with several sound discs on one of which is the needle of a gramophone, advertizing company His Master’s Voice.
Loudspeaker of the HMV 2300H Portable Disc Recorder (1948).
Main recording apparatus of the HMV 2300H Portable Disc Recorder (1948).
Sound recording of a Gamelan Orchestra from 1938 with the HMV 2300H Portable Disc Recorder. Title: “Babarlajar Mataram”. Gamelan Musicians of Yogyakarta, Java. Source Record: Odeon (A278187), release year 1938. Re-recording on lacquer disc (21.07.2021). D…
Assembly of the HMV 2300H Portable Disc Recorder (1948).
Amplifier of the HMV 2300H Portable Disc Recorder (1948).
Swarf, produced by the HMV 2300H Portable Disc Recorder (1948). Swarf is a byproduct of the process of physical inscription when recording sounds onto discs and cylinders. It is the term for the threads of material that are "cut" away from the w…
360-degree representation of the HMV 2300H Portable Disc Recorder, loudspeaker.
360-degree representation of the HMV 2300H Portable Disc Recorder, recording apparatus.
360-degree representation of the HMV 2300H Portable Disc Recorder, amplifier.
Mechanische tafelgrammofoon "His Master's Voice Model 109" in rechthoekige donkerbruine houten kast met ingebouwde hoorn. Het volume is te regelen met de twee deurtjes, die de geluidskast beschermen. De weergever is origineel H.M.V. No. 4. S…
Mechanische koffergrammofoon met metalen naald en scharnierend opklapbaar deksel. Aan de binnenkant zit een embleem met His Masters Voice op het platenopbergvak. De draaitafel heeft een diameter van 25 cm.
A contemporary sound recording disc for HMV Portable Disc Recorder (1948).
Composition made with several sound albums of the record company His Master’s Voice, advertizing this company.
Microphone of the HMV 2300H Portable Disc Recorder (1948).
360-degree representation of the HMV 2300H Portable Disc Recorder, microphone.