The History of Musical Inventions

  • Phonograph

    Phonograph

    Invented by Thomas Edison. Only required paper strips, needle, a telephone diagram, and voices to sing "Mary had a little lamb".
  • Headphones

    Headphones

    Electrician Nathaniel Baldwin, used copper wiring and an operators headband. The Navy ordered hundreds since they expected a world war.
  • Victor Orthophonic Victrola Phonograph

    Victor Orthophonic Victrola Phonograph

    Cabinet- style luxury item with a superior acoustic sound design.
  • LP

    LP

    RCA- Victor created the first 33 1/3 vinyl long- players.
  • The Vocoder

    The Vocoder

    Helped to manipulate and mess with a singer's pitch.
  • Compact Cassette Tape

    Compact Cassette Tape

    Revealed by the brand PHILLIPS.
  • Compact Disc

    Compact Disc

    Sonny and Phillips came out with a 12 cm audio disc.
  • The MP3

    The MP3

    German audio engineer Karlheinz Bradenburg helped to create a type of musical technology that included digital phone technology.
  • iPod

    iPod

    5GB and touch-sensitive pinwheel.
  • Sound Cloud

    Sound Cloud

    Launched by Alex Ljung and Eric Wahlforss. At first it was only meant for artists in the music industry but by 2009 they had 160,000 users.

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