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The phonautograph (first photograph) was invented (Edouard-Leon Scott)
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Scott recorded a piece of the French folk song (Au Clair de la Lune. It was the first recorded sound.
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The phonograph was invented (Thomas Edison)
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Development of the Flat Disc recording (which eventually replaced the wax cylinder.
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The phonograph is sold at low prices and becomes a household item.
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Wax cylinder was mass produced to help record things in larger quantities.
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The phonograph started to use disks instead of cylinders.
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The song "Crazy Blues" was recorded on the phonograph and sold on million copies.
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Wax cylinders were withdrawn from the market.
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The all-transistor phonograph model was developed (but then later discontinued)
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The record player became the new phonograph
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The first compact commercial disc was produced.