Blog #4

   The Phonograph is a device that can be used for Mechanical recording. The phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison in 1877. Back then when others forgot to do certain tasks during the day or night the phonograph is a device that reminds you what you have to do. One of the biggest purposes that this technology has is its ability to play music on it. In 1877 Thomas Edison has decided to make a patent on the phonograph. In 1878 Thomas Edison wanted to show individuals a demonstration for the use of the phonograph when Thomas Edison had become more known to the public eye. In 1878 Thomas Edison believed that he should start his own phonograph company, so he did and it was called the Edison Speaking Phonograph Company. Alexander Graham Bell's phonograph that he invented was the one where every little thing was so good that clearly a lot of individuals believed that Alexander Graham Bell's phonograph called the graphophone was way better than Thomas Edisons original phonograph. On February 9,1878 Thomas Edison was awarded a patent because of the phonograph's success. Thomas Edison and his assistants had a mission that was to make sure the phonograph had plenty of uses such as recording books, dictating papers and being a technology that is used during holidays and huge upcoming events that individuals were to plan (McNamara Robert).

The first recording with the phonograph were Embossed into a sheet of tinfoil (Britannica.com). Phonographs were the first technology to play back recorded sound. (Britannica.com).  There has been new ways to make the sound on the phonograph sound more clear to prevent noise distributions. The phonograph can hear you talk.The Phonograph has been improving overtime. In 1901 wax cylinders were known to be a new part for the phonographs. Thomas Edison is the one that is credited because of this. The phonograph has  been something that has a great use for opera. According to Smithsonian Magazine During the first two decades of the phonograph from 1890 to 1910 the number of music teachers and performers per capita in the  U.S. rose by 25 percent, as Katz Found (Thompson,Clive). The sound quality of the older phonographs were not really that reliable and the sound of the phonograph was known for how awful it really was back then. Some individuals had anxiety when using the phonograph because they know how crucially affected they can be by any sort of sound misconception.

For the majority of the 20th century the disc phonograph recordings had been a favorable way to audio record. In 1980 the phonographs typical record player popularity has started to disappear day by day because there was plenty of new digital recording formats that were more beneficial. According to Smithsonian Magazine, Some social critics would believe the music recordings from the phonograph are horrible for the brain that you have. Emil Berliner would record his phonograph recordings in a different way than Edison. Emil's recordings would involve tracing sound grooves in a spiral that is on a flat disk.(Britannica Editors) Electric Impulses and loudspeakers were effective when the phonograph needed a sound increase.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/phonograph-changed-music-forever-180957677/

https://www.britannica.com/technology/phonograph

https://kids.kiddle.co/Phonograph

https://www.thoughtco.com/invention-of-the-phonograph-4156528

https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/phonograph-e2d6e75e-dad0-419c-9f5b-44aed7e0c1b2