Phonograph - Invention and Evolution.
                     PHONOGRAPH - 
INVENTION AND 
EVOLUTION
INTRODUCTIO
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The development of 
turntables and record players 
has changed throughout 
history. New innovations and 
designs allow improvements 
that carry forward and 
improve the sound quality. 
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Early History
The original phonograph was 
invented and patented by 
Edouard-Leon Scott in 1857. 
He called his device the 
phonautograph and he 
patented the invention on 
March 25 of 1857. The initial 
invention made a recording 
of sound waves on a glass 
plate, but it was not able to 
play back the sounds.
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Thomas 
Edison’s 
Invention
In 1877, Thomas Edison 
invented the phonograph 
using a combination of the 
phonautograph, the 
telegraph and the telephone. 
His goal was to transcribe 
messages from the telegraph 
to a piece of paper tape. 
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Recording and 
Playing Sounds
The goal of the phonograph 
was to record sounds and 
then replay the sounds. 
Thomas Edison succeeded 
with his device, but lost 
interest in the development 
of the device when the public 
lost interest in the initial 
invention. 
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Graham Bell’s 
Invention
In 1880, Alexander Graham 
Bell invented the telephone 
and he used the money he 
earned from his invention to 
work on new inventions and 
developments. He took 
Edison’s original phonograph 
and started making 
adjustments and changes to 
improve the device. 
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Improvements 
Through Time
After the initial development 
of the phonograph, changes 
and improvements began 
developing at a rapid pace. 
By 1901, mass produced wax 
cylinders allowed artists to 
record a song or other 
sounds in larger quantities 
rather than recording each 
cylinder one at a time. 
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How 
phonograph 
affected the 
arts ?
Phonograph has had a part 
to play in the different forms 
of art including music, 
theatre and drama among 
other arts. Phonograph has 
been deemed to have 
contributed positively to the 
field of art and humanities 
through bringing about 
diversity which in turn makes 
these fields interesting.
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Advancement 
of phonograph
The invention and 
advancement of the 
phonograph has not existed 
in isolation but rather 
amongst many other 
concepts where some form 
of dependence has been 
witnessed. It has, for 
example, played a great part 
when it comes to the field of 
humanities.
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Conclusion
Technology advancement is 
inevitable. It is a concept 
that has been there all along 
with the speed and 
sophistication increasing day 
by day. The phonograph is an 
instrument that is deemed to 
be a reference point when it 
comes to the field of art and 
humanities especially Music.
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