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Leon Scott
Who created the phonautograph?
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Thomas Edison
Who Invented the phonograph?
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Emile Berliner
Who invented the gramophone?
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Yes
Did Alexander Graham Bell and Charles Summer Tainter ever approach Edison to discuss a collaboration on the phonograph?
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His masters voice
What painting was the gramophone connected to?
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No
Was the phonautograph able to play back sound?
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The telegraph and the telephone
What two other inventions inspired Edison to make the phonograph?
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The phonautograph and the phonograph.
What two inventions did Emile Berliner study to create the gramophone?
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Yes
Is the tone-arm movable on a record player?
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"I want to see a phonograph in every American Home"
What quote of Thomas Edison's was on a ad poster that I showed you?
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The ear
What human body part inspired Leon Scott to create the phonautograph?
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Alexander Graham Bell and Charles Summer Tainter
Who were the two other men competing with Edison to improve the phonograph?
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#1. The wax cylinder would wear out quickly.
#2. A soft wax cylinder could not be mass-produced.
What were the two problems with the wax cylinder used in the phonograph?
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The graphophone
What did Alexander Graham Bell and Charles Summer Tainter name their invention?
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"Western Recording Studios"
What record company logo was on the Oscar Holden and the Midnight Blue record that I showed you?
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1857
In what year did Leon Scott create the phonautograph?
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Jesse H. Lippincott
Who gained control of the phonograph companies and then fell ill?
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Because of Illegal activity at his new Philadelphia branch of United States Gramophone Company.
Why did Berliner pass on his business to Eldridge R. Johnson?
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False
True or False: Alexander Graham Bell and Charles Summer Tainter were not the first inventors to use a stylus on a sound recording machine.
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Yes
Was the phonograph popular as a novelty?
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A pig bristle
What kind of bristle was connected to the membrane?
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1894
In what year did Edison declare bankruptcy for the North American Phonograph Company?
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"Manufactured by Eldridge R. Johnson"
What did Eldridge R. Johnson originally name the now defunct Philadelphia branch of the United States Gramophone Company?
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#1. zinc
#2. celluloid #3. rubber
GOOD LUCK CONTESTANT!
Name the three substances that Emile Berliner tried to make the discs out of for the gramophone.....IN ORDER! |
407 feet
How much (in diameter) does the largest record cover?
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