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Online archive of early recorded sounds

Digital transfers of wax cylinders

Rob Beschizza
Nov 13, 2024
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Two vintage Thomas A Edison Gold Molded Graphophone record canisters displayed on a white background. Photo: Shutterstock

Tinfoil—Glenn Sage—collects the earliest sounds recorded by humankind (and has an online store). There are digitizations of wax cylinders, antique phonographs, and other experimental technologies. This is, ironically, an old website d…

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