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Ear Phoautograph
Alexander Graham Bell uses a human ear – from a corpse – cut out with a chunk of the skull and attached to a stylus. This 'phonautograph' made its recordings on a moving strip of ash-coated glass. -
Phonautograph
Leon Scott makes a phonautograph, the earliest in recording history. It had a cone-shaped horn which directed the sound to a flexible piece. There was a small point which scratched marks onto an ash-coated cylinder which was manually rotated. The recordings were not detailed enough to play back intelligible sounds and they often were shorter than one second. -
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell shows off his telephone to the public. -
Electromagnet Devices
Thomas Edison comes up with the idea of using a sensitive electromagnet device to record telephone messages by carving onto a piece of wax-coated paper. However, two months before him, a French guy named Charles Cros described a similar concept. -
Phonograph
Thomas Edison unveils the first fully-functional phonograph. -
Vinyl Disc
The Vinyl disk replaces the phonograph. They are extremely popular in pop culture and when someone gets a gold or platinum in a single they sing, they will get a vinyl disk framed with their album cover for the song. (1920's) -
Digital Recording
A British scientist invents something that could record and slightly edit sounds. This was the start to digital recording. His name was Alex Reeves. -
Casette
The first casette is created by Philips and it was made to store audio. These were the most common type of ways to listen to music. -
CD
Philips and Sony manufactures a CD which changes what method people listen to music. These are what you buy nowadays. -
The Walkman
The Walkman is introduced. This was extremely handy since people could walk and listen to music. It has now invovled into an MP3 and I-pod.