[Dixielandjazz] Edison and co.

[David Richoux]

You need to update that history just a bit - Scott was born in 1817,  
he developed his recording technique in the late 1850s.
A few months ago scientists in California figured out how to play  
Leon Scott's phonoautographes!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Scott

Dave Richoux

On Jun 18, 2008, at 7:39 AM, TBW504 at aol.com wrote:

> An except from The Song for Me which might be of interest:
> BRIEF HISTORY OF RECORDING TECHNIQUES
> 1817:  Léon Scott recorded  sound on a smoke blackened cylinder in  
> France but
> there was no way to play it  back.
> 1877: Thomas Edison makes successful recordings with his phonograph on
> tinfoil wrapped round a rotating cylinder, and later refined the  
> process by  using
> wax coated cylinders. These were hill and dale recordings - the  
> groove  moved
> up and down, not side to side as later. Copies were not able to be  
> made at
> first.
>