A little revisionist history?

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OrthoFan
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A little revisionist history?

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http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/emd/1239759573.html

"Thomas Edison invented the record player; his first attempt was called the graphophone. Columbia Phonograph patented in 1866 $1,000 or best offer!"

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Paal1994
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Re: A little revisionist history?

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LOL! It looks like he just put different words together to an article :lol:
Why in the world would Edison call his phonograph a Columbia.
Well I guess this is just an attempt to dress up a Graphophone as the first "record-player"

Paal.

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