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"On This Day (June 9)..."

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

June 9, 1858: Born: Billy Golden, pioneer comic recording artist.

June 9, 1891: Thomas A. Edison was granted a U.S. patent (No.453,741)for what would become known as the Standard Speaker. This contained both recording and reproducing styli, and brought the brief era of the “spectacle device” to a close on entertainment Phonographs. The Standard Speaker would continue as standard equipment on Edison Phonographs until 1899.

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