More early sounds recovered

[TinfoilPhono]

The proto-history of recorded sound gets more exciting all the time as new discoveries are being made, and modern technology makes it possible to hear them. Some of Bell & Tainter's earliest work has just been discovered:

http://news.yahoo.com/alexander-graham- ... 38693.html

[Garret]

Link to the site with the recordings: http://bio16p.lbl.gov/

Hopes that helps!

[antique1973]

Link to the site with the recordings: http://bio16p.lbl.gov/

Hopes that helps!

I can't seem to get the Wav files to play. Is anyone else having trouble with the links?

[Henry]

The Hamlet excerpt works for me, but it's slow going. Don't expect anything spectacular. In view of the results, it's hard to believe that they spent all that $$$ "recovering" the data.

[MTPhono]

The Hamlet excerpt works for me, but it's slow going. Don't expect anything spectacular. In view of the results, it's hard to believe that they spent all that $$$ "recovering" the data.

Totally disagreed! I think this is a fabulous use of resources and I find this very interesting. Looking forward to when they find the Lincoln phonautograph recordings (should they actually exist). Could you imagine the $$$ that would be spent on recovering that? Well worth every penny.

[Garret]

The Hamlet excerpt works for me, but it's slow going. Don't expect anything spectacular. In view of the results, it's hard to believe that they spent all that $$$ "recovering" the data.

Totally disagreed! I think this is a fabulous use of resources and I find this very interesting. Looking forward to when they find the Lincoln phonautograph recordings (should they actually exist). Could you imagine the $$$ that would be spent on recovering that? Well worth every penny.

The Hamlet recording actually is pretty incredible, and the best-sounding out of all of the recordings.

[VintageTechnologies]

Looking forward to when they find the Lincoln phonautograph recordings (should they actually exist).

That Lincoln rumor has been around for years, but I read somewhere on the vast Internet that the rumor had been disproved. A pity.