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A Disc Record Ahead of Its Time

Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2024 6:54 am
by phonogfp
“On This Day in the History of Recorded Sound…”

October 3, 1893: Joseph Wassenich was granted a U.S. patent for a “Tablet for Recording Sound Vibrations.” This was the first known envisioning of a flexible, 2-sided disc with a paper label, and a secondary hole (as adopted by Zonophone in 1900).

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