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Thomas Edison’s First Phonograph
“Of all my inventions, I liked the phonograph best.” Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) Thomas Edison wrote the date – November 29, 1877 – in the upper right-hand corner of the piece of paper on which he had drawn the sketch of … Continue reading
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Finding Christine Miller, A Three Part Story
Part 1. The first place I found Christine Miller was in a book. The book was Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History of Recorded Music written by Greg Milner, published in 2009. Mr. Milner introduces Miss Miller on page 4, in … Continue reading