I love how formal Alec is in these older videos. It's like he's trying his best to be a PBS show but he still can't quite hide the manic exasperation of video production.
@MikaelKKarlsson
2 жыл бұрын
That and the hair! He's come a long way the good man.
@lilbro93
2 жыл бұрын
I"ve watched more than a dozen of his recent videos and this the first time I've heard his name.
@zulfikarzulkarnaenalhaq3594
Жыл бұрын
This is when he is still young and energetic🤣
@nathanjack86
Жыл бұрын
@@lilbro93I’ve noticed that too. Was curious. Now I can think of him as Alec, rather then, “the Technology Connections guy.”
@kershlennaidoo4430
Жыл бұрын
Nah , I think he just loosened up alot. I quite enjoy him as he currently is ....He's a brilliant "presenter" I think he just found his natural state. Especially with the hair and bubbly vibes.
@unitedunitedunited_
5 жыл бұрын
In the 1900s: “hey jimmy! Go to the store and pick up a can of music!”
@jesspace4069
5 жыл бұрын
do da doo da da doo DOO!
@Jeffari1
5 жыл бұрын
Hahahahahaha
@drewgehringer7813
4 жыл бұрын
supposedly John Phillip Sousa himself came up with that term, and intended it derisively; he really did not like the very limited dynamic range of early phonograph recordings
@StephenGillie
4 жыл бұрын
Whoa, it's true - in his 1906 essay "The Menace of Mechanical Music", Sousa warned that recorded music could be a "substitute for human skill, intelligence and soul."
@KairuHakubi
4 жыл бұрын
oh man, this whole time I thought the can WAS the wax cylinder. it looks very waxy...
@HardyRyan
7 жыл бұрын
Ive been watching Techmoan and 8-bit Guy for a while. For whatever reason KZitem just now let me know your channel exists. I wish it had come earlier, these vids are great!
@notlocalhorst
7 жыл бұрын
yup, same here ... working through the videos now :-) KZitem recommended the VCR one and it is nice to see that quality went up compared to the earlier ones. Subscribed, thanks!
@tomservo5007
7 жыл бұрын
same here ...
@Doman2000
7 жыл бұрын
Another same here from the VCR episode. Really amazing to see how much stuff is going on inside that "humble VCR" machine.
@Dragonfire511
7 жыл бұрын
same here. Nice channel is this one
@PK1312
7 жыл бұрын
Yep, same. Got recommended the VHS tape one.
@P7777-u7r
5 жыл бұрын
Its crazy hearing a recording that old. Even people who were newborns when that was new died of old age
@fiedom92
4 жыл бұрын
@debaser they're not as uncommon as you think. I was just randomly given one by my aunt and then researched it and found that you can purchase them online for around a thousand dollars
@dguy0386
3 жыл бұрын
the phonograph itself can run you for around 600 dollars for a complete working one on ebay but the cylinders themselves are rather inexpensive. i remember seeing a deal on ebay that was 2 cylinders for $10
@toreadoress
7 ай бұрын
@@dguy0386 Yeah I just checked and they arent that expensive, I even found one for 450$ (+35 for shipping), it's really weird that they could be found just for few hundreds in working condition. I thought something vintage like this would have more value and will be in the thousands, but aparently they're quite cheap.
@filanfyretracker
7 жыл бұрын
interesting fun fact about that style of governor, its where the term running "Balls out" comes from. Stationary steam engines commonly had one of a similar design except instead of sliding a disc against a brake they controlled a steam valve and were weighted with big iron balls. a steam engine at its max speed had the arms with these weights all the way out.
@compzac
6 жыл бұрын
not just steam engines, old otis elevators had the same idea, two large balls ontop of the car would spin as the car got going if they spun too fast cause the elevator had lost control or the cables snapped the balls would drag out the emergency brakes which would bring the elevator to a stop then a technician would have to come and reset the emergency brake after fixing the elevator and the passengers had been rescued it wasnt so much of a governor as much as a fail safe speed control
@SquishyZoran
5 жыл бұрын
zachary carlson i think there was an episode of mythbusters where they destroyed one by removing the pin and that let the elevator free fall for the experiment.
@unherolike
5 жыл бұрын
The mechanism you are thinking of is called a Governor.
@mrb692
5 жыл бұрын
unherolike So called because it holds the highest governmental office in a state!
@unitedunitedunited_
4 жыл бұрын
Mm, balls of steel
@RichardServello
7 жыл бұрын
Recording sessions were amazing! The whole band had to gather around a cone to capture the sound.
@babyinuyasha
3 жыл бұрын
I can only imagine what this was like when it first came out, it must have been fantastic. The audio quality isn't up to par compared to our modern standards, on top of the thing being over 100 years old, but imagine what it must have been like having an entire band playing form a little box in your living room.
@Jimorian
5 жыл бұрын
When I used to work at Borders (remember them?), I had a customer bring back an Enrico Caruso CD complaining that the "sound was horrible". I tried explaining to him that there was only so much that could be done to recordings made nearly a century ago, but he insisted that is only sucked because the record label was lazy with the transfer and didn't care. In my years of retail, it's a tie between him and a lady that didn't understand what fiction was as my stupidest customers of all time.
@foodfoodfood8898
4 жыл бұрын
I want to hear about this lady who didn't know what fiction was.
@jerrygrimes8813
4 жыл бұрын
I made a brief attempt at helping people with old reel-to-reel tapes, or old records, to transfer them to CDs. It was futile for the same reason. People expected CD audio from the transfer, even if the source material was severely limited. I just gave up in frustration.
@ferociousgumby
4 жыл бұрын
People generally refer to non-fiction as "novels". Does that clear it up?
@Piterdeveirs333
4 жыл бұрын
That guy better watch himself or Fitzcarraldo is gonna punch him in the face
@skizzik121
4 жыл бұрын
@@ferociousgumby if people refer to fiction or non-fiction as a novel then they need to be re-educated China style...because I am a prick
@user-co4xl7wx3q
5 жыл бұрын
I just can't get enough of these videos. You are incredibly thorough, but not at all dry. The ability to take apart seemingly complex subjects and make it not only palatable, but interesting to the layman, is a unique skill and the hallmark of a great teacher.
@jasperdegroes5756
5 жыл бұрын
16:12 "I'm not counting on my iPod working in 2115." My iPod didn't even live past 2015
@morsteen
4 жыл бұрын
No shit. That's why mechanical stuff will always win eventually.
@CoffeeTheDragon
4 жыл бұрын
Cause Apple Designed this way,so you need to buy the newest one every year. Shitty brand.
@zachaliles
4 жыл бұрын
My iPod that I had in Iraq in 2006, the OG 80gig one, still works to this day. It still has all the shitty music I listened to back then and I can't change it because the password for it is long forgotten.
@avenged110
4 жыл бұрын
I so wish I had a time capsule iPod to perfectly re-live my shitty music library of years past.
@sarah8383
4 жыл бұрын
People in 2020 already: What's an iPod?
@KC9KEP
3 жыл бұрын
I was told that when these recordings were made, they'd line up a dozen or so recorders, side to side to most efficiently make multiples copies at one time. The cylinders were also numbered as to which machine they were recorded on. Much later, it was discovered that if you were to play back a cylinder from the first and last recorder simultaneously, you witness a true stereophonic playback!
@Kennephone
8 ай бұрын
Later on they would use a pantograph, basically a reproducer/recorder combination head so they could be copied in better quality.
@raydunakin
2 жыл бұрын
Years ago my wife and I were checking out the collection of antiques in Knott's Berry Farm, and they had an early juke box that played wax cylinders. It still worked, and they even let us try it. It was pretty amazing. It was called the Edison Multiphone. It had 24 wax cylinders mounted on a Ferris wheel sort of thing. When you put in your nickel and selected the song you wanted to hear, the Ferris wheel would rotate to move the correct cylinder into position to be played. By the time we returned a year or two later, they no longer allowed anyone to operate it due to its age.
@fun_ghoul
4 жыл бұрын
_"Do you have Prince Albert in a can?"_ "Sorry, we only have Thomas Edison left."
@rufust.firefly2474
3 жыл бұрын
Actually, medicine made only one recording that was a semi-available commercially and it was a diamond disc giving out to retailers in the early twenties.
@2Cerealbox
3 жыл бұрын
I like that his background 5 years ago was still conceptually similar to current one, despite being quite different in implementation.
@ahtaimo
7 жыл бұрын
"This one looks interesting slash it's conveniently placed in front of me!" ... excellent videos... and quite funny from time to time
@Zenkai76
4 жыл бұрын
New to your channel and going back to watch old stuff, love it. One thing you missed out on to tell people was that if they didn't like how loud the music was they would muffle it by "sticking a sock into it" which is where you get that phrase that we still use today.
@spacemissing
6 жыл бұрын
Edison's original patent for the phonograph included a disc version. The reason for the cylinder was to keep the speed of the groove constant under the stylus.
@agungpriambodo1674
3 жыл бұрын
79th thumbs up
@IDoNotLikeHandlesOnYT
3 жыл бұрын
Which is the topic of the next video!
@draconic5129
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, although admittedly it was totally unnecessary since the machines couldn't reproduce sounds high enough pitch to matter anyway.
@lucasRem-ku6eb
Жыл бұрын
Edison filed patents, not the inventor.
@wtmayhew
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great video. I have a portable (20 pounds or so) Edison machine for two minute cylinders from about the 1900 - 1910 decade. The cylinders still sound surprisingly good even though many are well over 100 years old. I had a couple of cylinders deteriorate. One Edison wax cylinder was attacked by mold and another shattered when I slid it on the mandrel. The careful engineering in the machine is quite evident and there is a lot of attention to detail, even in the spring motor. The reproducer is very interesting. The stylus is a very carefully ground sapphire, and it is sort of club-shaped with a ball point. I have no idea how the stylus was machined, but it is probably one of if not the most expensive components in the machine. Over all it is a fascinating machine and nowhere as simple as you’d think at first glance. As far as I know, everything on the machine I have is original and it still works almost like it did 110+ years ago with essentially zero maintenance.
@Punchy361
3 жыл бұрын
Edison should have put his name on the cylinder case a few more times. There was almost an angle I could hold it at and not see his name, I never would have remembered who made it...
@walttholomew
4 жыл бұрын
I got through most of this video before it dawned on me that you just have an antique phonograph. I mean, I've been binging your channel so I realize you've got a lot of cool stuff, but, just, "Hey, I'll whip out my antique phonograph and tell everyone about it." That's a level of cool that most of us will never reach, and I could never dream of.
@stampedetrail2003
10 ай бұрын
But does he have jams? I've been searching high and low for Blue Danube.
@Legxnd
2 жыл бұрын
This is amazing, the genius, and I just imagine the people who heard a recording like this for the first time thinking it was magic lol
@Tacospaceman
3 жыл бұрын
The most interesting thing about this to me is the fact that these people are no longer with us and essentially we’re listening to ghosts play music
@DeadKoby
7 жыл бұрын
I just found your channel today, and have checked a few things. I already knew about most of it, but at least I can say you did a fine job of explaining it to someone new to this old technology. Keep up the good work.
@chuckaluck123
Жыл бұрын
Wow! I just rewatched this from several years ago. Amazing how much your hair has grown and to see how well your production value has stayed top notch!
@marklafrance8141
6 жыл бұрын
I stumbled across one of your videos this morning about the vcr....an I was hooked. After 3 hours of viewing the evolution of home video media I had to leave for work. I could not get your presentations out of my head. Very educational and extremely enjoyable, they most certainly, have been! You remind me of a favorite Science Teacher I had in High School. Passionate in explaining, Brilliant in personality! I immediately found your show again upon returning home and immediately subscribed. Thank you for these videos. OUTSTANDING job! I've enjoyed each one immensely. ✌❤😊
@skizzik121
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah he is kinda awesome isn't he?
@JohnGunn-
4 ай бұрын
I come back to this playlist from time to time. Its remarkable how you can relay information to make it easily understandable. You make great productions. Thanks
@nampyeon635
7 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. I was dismayed to see the number of views. Your VHS vid was recommended when I watched one of Techmoan's vids, and now I'm watching this.
@MarianoLu
3 жыл бұрын
You Tube algo brought this to my home screen. awesome to see your earlier videos!!! Always fun and always something to learn.
@babyinuyasha
3 жыл бұрын
Old technology will never fail to amaze me
@bemorewantless
7 жыл бұрын
Your humour is on point. Keep it up!
@SayedRezha
3 жыл бұрын
I like old Alec, his haircut seems like tech geek, plus the studio seems more like classy & feels like warm environment. Hope sometimes in the future he will create a video in his old studio & old haircut again.....for nostalgia sake of course
@mikelexp
7 жыл бұрын
I've seen a lot of videos explaining the phonograph but yours is the most detailed and complete. Nice job! And I'm also enjoying all your other videos too!
@paugh846
3 жыл бұрын
Going through your back logs, great content. Thank you for delivering this information in a interesting way.
@nabman11
6 жыл бұрын
Tin foil is the answer to everything
@paulcestmoi6987
5 жыл бұрын
lol -- light em' up!
@theshamanite
4 жыл бұрын
Duct tape disagrees
@nabman11
4 жыл бұрын
@@theshamanite Tried to use duct tape on my moped after an accident a year ago and it all fell off. It isn't good for vibrating or moving parts. The scotch tape on my headlight is there to this day.
@MyUnquenchableThirst
4 жыл бұрын
i bet you've never touched tin foil
@theshamanite
4 жыл бұрын
@@nabman11 Nice, I did not know that.
@rautamiekka
4 жыл бұрын
Considering this is the 2nd format for replayable audio it sounds pretty damn good.
@KevinRay_man
5 жыл бұрын
The minutia of your channel/videos in general is astounding. Love it.
@linwill1720
6 жыл бұрын
I had to go waay back to middle school lessons of how sound waves work to wrap my head around how that reproducer works lol. Excellent videos and humor!
@kkupsky6321
Жыл бұрын
Omg the analog quality. It’s so great. I love being a snob about it. Like a cat screeching in yer ear. Analog. Gold.
@04dram04
3 жыл бұрын
The fact that this is 100% analog, makes it more impressive to me, than modern devices
@cyrollan
Жыл бұрын
It's so impressive because those folks were inventing devices in real time. Nowadays, new inventions are just a re juggling of circuits and components. Not as exciting, huh?
@poughkeepsieblue
3 жыл бұрын
Loved the talking Edison cylinder, I still have an old Edison cylinder cover, which displays Edison's face all over my kitchen I think there's only so many people on earth who can appreciate that old techno nostalgia
@ryanbrown5499
3 жыл бұрын
I love your contextually orange wall mate. Beautiful.
@margauxwashington5609
26 күн бұрын
You do an incredible job explaining how things work. Thank you for taking the time to put this video together. It was very insightful.
@fulkthered
7 жыл бұрын
You didn't explain what the cat hair was for.
@Abou47Pandas
6 жыл бұрын
I thought it was the stylus at first, then realized it was hair. Should have figured that concept was too advanced for edision.
@hagerty1952
4 жыл бұрын
Obviously a cat's-whisker diode for his crystal set
@skizzik121
4 жыл бұрын
Snack?
@Dargonhuman
4 жыл бұрын
Cats were commonly used for pest control at the time, so the inclusion of a cat hair made the machine smell like a cat, which kept vermin like rodents from damaging the sensitive mechanics.
@notmychairnotmyproblem
4 жыл бұрын
@@Abou47Pandas I'm not gonna lie, I thought the same thing
@johnmacward
3 жыл бұрын
When I like a channel I go right back to the first videos to see how they started...
@MrKieronrose
7 жыл бұрын
Some of the best videos on KZitem, great work and so informative.
@jjcadman
3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic explanations! This channel has been consistently great for years. Keep up the good work! 👍 👏
@trevormatthews7981
2 жыл бұрын
There was also the automatic piano (my name). It worked on a scroll of paper with holes of various lengths. The scroll passed over a mechanism that was pedal powered. The mechanism linked in with the piano levers and reproduced the movement to move the levers and hammers that hit the piano strings. The scrolls were stored in boxes about 12” long by around 1” and 1/2.
@nacabaro3737
6 жыл бұрын
Is fascinating to hear voices from people that existed 100 years before us
@mjoet731
Жыл бұрын
WHOA! This is an "old" one~! I've recently started watching Alec's videos for a year now and just came across this one. The production is just as good.
@dilipdas5777
3 жыл бұрын
Your knowledge about human technology from beginning unimaginable.
@pluxauag7555
Жыл бұрын
Tech Moan channel has the pleasure of owning a 2022 released cylinder by a current band which is a 4 minute cylinder. Awesome to watch these older videos. In 100 years they'll be looking back at KZitem and its place in tech history.
@jasonhaman4670
Жыл бұрын
Brown-painted wall in the background - foreshadowing! The early years... before "the magic of buying two of them", but still with that exquisite dry humor - "slash conveniently placed in front of me".
@marcurelio
5 жыл бұрын
I had to pause at 4'40" because I begun imagining the sound of a stylus dragging through tinfoil. I CAN'T GET OVER IT
@thatonegayfurry4177
5 жыл бұрын
i hate you I JUST FORGOT ABOUT IT
@ANDRSNS
6 жыл бұрын
The quality of your videos is exemplary, man! I wish you had more viewers, you certainly deserve them :)
@cyrollan
Жыл бұрын
Oh he blew up all right!
@froderickalabaster
3 жыл бұрын
his videos from 2015 were better than his videos in 2018 but his videos now are best
@tilleye3774
3 жыл бұрын
Edison's original patent for the phonograph included a disc version. The reason for the cylinder was to keep the speed of the groove constant under the stylus.
@TD-oc6vs
2 жыл бұрын
You have come so far from these older videos. You are one of my favorite channels. Good job!
@donaldvincent
5 жыл бұрын
My younger brother lived in Savannah, GA and made extra money for years restoring old Edison's, Victrola's and even player pianos. Some years ago he gave me a Victrola & a 1905 Kimball Player Piano. Pretty great kid brother. We are adopting a 9 year old girl and just played the piano for the first time over Skype about two hours ago. She moves in in November and I cannot wait for her to hear the Victrola. Thanks for these videos. The presentation is great.
@mikeklaene4359
2 жыл бұрын
My MCS tape deck from Penney's is a bit older than is yours. Mine has analog meters. Alec, you have come a long way!
@radionicpowers5938
2 жыл бұрын
haha your Creepy Edison Face and Talking is brilliant, well done
@joeybuddy96
2 жыл бұрын
"Vinyl? Pssht. You can't call yourself a true hipster if all your music isn't on wax cylinders."
@therealhardrock
6 жыл бұрын
2:01 Clutch Cargo animation
@tilleye3774
3 жыл бұрын
Recording sessions were amazing! The whole band had to gather around a cone to capture the sound.
@allaboutflying
3 жыл бұрын
comparing this to what the channel has become now... simply amazing.
@macronencer
4 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad I finally started looking at your earlier videos. You began your channel in fine style, though I also like the way it developed later on. This is amazing, though - how did you get access to an original phonograph? Was it borrowed?
@cslack813
4 жыл бұрын
Woah that description of push and pull on our ears by the sin wave was so simple but so effective
@ManuelBTC21
4 жыл бұрын
7:30 I was fully expecting the hand to move, but moving the paper is much more cleverer.
@ghostagent3552
3 жыл бұрын
Damn it's been almost six years.
@thesewalkamongstus8367
4 жыл бұрын
Wow... Just found your recent stuff, now this. Well done fella. You deserve the success you have got already in 2020!
@robfriedrich2822
6 жыл бұрын
13:40 the phonograph concept was initially a recorder/player, so they have to differ between the recording and the playback stylus.
@Musicsification
5 жыл бұрын
I must say I love how you inject little bits of humour (yes,with a 'u'. "Maybe it's because I'm an Englishman!") Into what could otherwise be rather dry subjects.The perfect balance of sillyness and well reasearched and excellently written scripts.It' what makes Technology Connections my favourite Yt show/channel. Bravo,Alec.You are a natural writer/presenter (IMHO)
@BaptistJim
9 жыл бұрын
Great presentation!
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman
3 жыл бұрын
_KZitem_ being _KZitem,_ I am surprised you not get a copyright strike when you began playing that cylindrical record. 😊😊😊
@cameronwhitaker3509
5 жыл бұрын
Loved the video... But that's the wrong reproducer. The Model H was designed for 4 minute cylinders. The stylus is too small for a 2 minute cylinder (though it will kinda work). Should have been using a Model C. It would have sounded better :)
@BigChungusthe3rd
5 жыл бұрын
This channel is gold. So glad I found it today.
@brycevo
4 жыл бұрын
That is so fascinating. To think that this how we had to first hear music.
@ProstMeister
5 жыл бұрын
All your videos are so freaking amazing. Keep going, Alec!
@doctornick666
6 жыл бұрын
Love the talking Edison graphics! 😁
@MrTandtrollet
3 жыл бұрын
Omg, Alec so young! X-D
@rustyshackleford5166
3 жыл бұрын
That music is remarkably clear for its age. Sounds better than most drive-thru comms
@starlight4649
3 жыл бұрын
Damn, this video left a great impression on me But don't put me on a spinning dowel and drag a needle across me
@evolor
7 жыл бұрын
A treasure trove of information on how things work there, marvellous.
@elhatarolodohod2040
4 жыл бұрын
Look at this phonograph!
@MattyRedPants
6 жыл бұрын
Thomas Edison, you crazy lipped beauty
@daveb5041
7 жыл бұрын
WOW! That sound quality is better then a SACD going through a tube amp into Rosso Fiorentino high end speakers. It was like the band was literally playing in front of me! I closed my eyes and it was just like being there! No distortion or his or clipping or noise or artifacts just clean sound waves hitting my ears! I like your subtle jokes. You have a good sense of humor and personality and intelligence you should be more yourself in your videos!
@StephenGillie
4 жыл бұрын
Suddenly realizing it's called a phonograph because it's literally using a "phono" (sound) "graph" (image) - or an image of the sound. (Was this mentioned in the video and I missed it?)
@KairuHakubi
4 жыл бұрын
I was just thinking the other night about how only the recording aspect should be called phonograph logically, then 'gramophone' should be what refers exclusively to the playback device but I don't think that's how it went
@UXXV
7 жыл бұрын
What an amazing channel! Seriously good work and like others now subbed along side Techmoan and 8 Bit Guy
@Andrei2000PC
5 жыл бұрын
I know these are a lot of work but I could watch for hours on a day.
@BrucesPhonograph
7 жыл бұрын
Actually, Edison's cylinder coupled with vertical recording gave a better sound than did Berliner's lateral recording on a disk. I suspect that this is because the sound waves coming from the horn were at 90 degrees to the diaphragm and this was the most direct connection to the rotating cylinder. With the Berliner system, a somewhat convoluted (and less direct) arrangement existed between the diaphragm and the recording stylus. With acoustic recording, this difference was very important as a consequence of the low amount of energy actually present in the sound waves coming into the horn and the Edison system being more direct was, therefore more efficient. This can be demonstrated today on U-tube by listening to well-reproduced recordings (preferably electronic) made on the two systems and extensively presented on U-tube. In most instances, cylinders outperform the disks, especially with 1890's and very early 20th century recordings. On this matter, it might also be mentioned that U-tube is providing a medium where collectors of early audio recordings can share their treasures without actually relinquishing them as can be demonstrated by the number of rare early recordings currently available on U-tube.
@ksteiger
6 жыл бұрын
Funny that you chose "The Mouse and the Clock" It was the very first cylinder I owned and was in pristine condition and of course I BROKE it. Although I found another copy I have never found one in such good shape. That squeak of the mouse is a pretty high frequency... BTW the belt on your player needs replacement. you have a lot of flutter from that.
@skizzik121
4 жыл бұрын
Are these cylinders expensive? I have a bunch of them from a grandparent. I plan on keeping them but there is damn near 150 of them not sure if there are duplicates or if they work
@fiedom92
4 жыл бұрын
@@skizzik121 you should sell me some. I've got an original edison phonograph but nothing to play on it.
@pointyfox
4 жыл бұрын
It's actually centrifugal force that make the weights move away from the center of the governor. "Centrifugal" is derived from terms meaning "center fleeing". Centripetal force is the opposite force, towards the center, like the force from a string on something being swung in a circle by it.
@williampalenik7306
3 жыл бұрын
A very good video you made here on the phonograph
@robfriedrich2822
6 жыл бұрын
9:55 I think, the term "talking machine" was to underline, that phonograph differs from automatic playing musical instruments, what existed for many years before and played music, but couldn't talk and sing. The modern version of this technology can you hear, when you get a standard MIDI file and play this with the sound card. No singing possible.
@greenaum
5 жыл бұрын
Unless you have a vocaloid installed.
@notmychairnotmyproblem
4 жыл бұрын
Omg you just gave me a new idea on how to introduce my trig students to sinusoids!! Bless this channel!
@ajwindmeyer2272
5 жыл бұрын
HEY! A COPY OF PEG O' MY HEART! I have the original 78. I also have several of Fiore's original Chord Harmonicas used to record Peg over the years.
@saintmichael1779
4 жыл бұрын
I have an LP of Jerry Murad and the Harmonicats "Peg o' My Heart."
@schwarzerritter5724
5 жыл бұрын
When you say "tin foil", do you mean literal tin foil or aluminium foil? I have read both versions.
@drewgehringer7813
4 жыл бұрын
literal tin foil; aluminum was expensive in the late 1800s, aluminum foil didn't supersede tin foil until after WW2
@skizzik121
4 жыл бұрын
@@drewgehringer7813 I think aluminum wouldn't have worked anyway as tin foil is much (relatively speaking of course) stronger. But yeah people tend to use tin can, but I don't think food was ever stored in tin as it's fantastic at making people sick, and tin foil even those the foil hasn't been used in masse since pre Hiroshima. Aluminum foil is much better as it's safer and especially now days cheaper than tin
@wb5mct
4 жыл бұрын
@@skizzik121 Tin was indeed used as the material of construction in the first cans. Tin is corrosion resistant and biologically relatively inert. The switch to steel cans occurred due to the cost of tin and the superior strength of steel. The steel was (and still is) coated with tin for corrosion resistance. Most modern cans are lined with a polymer, but still tin plated on the outside for corrosion resistance.
@Loehengrin
4 жыл бұрын
@@skizzik121 tin is quite safe whilst the can is sealed. Once exposed to oxygen you get poisonous oxides forming. I think. Something like that anyway.
@CometAura
4 жыл бұрын
@@wb5mct biologically inert?
@jamesmiller4184
3 жыл бұрын
The foil used was made of actual tin, not aluminum as now. Aluminum in Edison's time may have been known only to chemists as an element, and until extraction procedures were found so as to make it commercially available, was rarer and more costly than gold. Now, tin is a valuable metal whereas aluminum being plentiful and cheap. The stylus in Edison's first tinfoil phonograph was not a cutter but rather was a smooth boss stylus (writing pen) which incuses (without removal of material) it's shape into the foil surface as "hill-and-dale" modulations. Of whichever it may have been made, there would have been tendency to drag and tear at the surface, rather than indent it properly. Ideally, to duplicate a tinfoil recording experiment, an ordinary small-gauge ball point pen with ink acting as a lubricant, would prove ideal. (At the same time as embossing, it would we actually WRITING sound!) Edison was a peculiar man, to put it kindly. From the time of the invention of his Phonograph to Bell's taking-over with ozokerite coated cardboard cylinders, was all wasted, during which he could have exploited it to-the-max. As a result all the famous voices and instrumentalists of the mid-late 1800's were missed. Although he had a good go at it later, Columbia (who were mostly attorneys) kicked his behind really good in court, on many occasions. He was great with experimentalism but, not so hot with seeing the various possibilities within his discoveries. Had he treated Tesla with respect rather than impudence and contempt, we would have had the perfected 60hz. poly-phase electrical system way before Westinghouse, who DID treat him right and prospered thereby greatly on account. . : .
@joearnold6881
4 жыл бұрын
Do we still have those recordings that one guy did by scratching off ink on a cylinder? Couldn’t we now find a way to play those back? It would be fascinating to hear what he recorded, to play back the sound that he himself could only look at.
@DavidLindes
4 жыл бұрын
7:54 - well played, Alec. Dragging that paper along gives a very cool effect (both as its happening, and the line so produced). Was that something you had to practice, while waving your other hand back and forth, or was it easy to do? Either way, cool. :)
@Cryo_Gen
Жыл бұрын
I just learned about these and wondered "i wonder if Tech Connect did a video on these yet?" Never disappoints
@radiozelaza
6 жыл бұрын
I expected to hear some incantations to the Old Ones, recorded by old Akeley in the Vermont woods in the night...
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