"On This Day...(February 12)"

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"On This Day...(February 12)"

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“On This Day in the History of Recorded Sound…”

February 12, 1903: Eldridge Johnson filed for a U.S. patent for a tapering tone arm. The acoustic improvement over the short-lived “Rigid Arm” (introduced in October 1902) was noticeable, and the ingenious goose-neck sound box tube would distinguish Victor’s products for decades to come.

February 12, 1983: Died: Eubie Blake, pianist, lyricist, and composer of ragtime, jazz, and popular music.

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