The University of California, Santa Barbara has an alternative for those whose unusual musical needs can't be fulfilled by Spotify and similar services. Its library has been digitizing cylinder ...
Ron Babb, of Tacoma, a former Boeing engineer, buys and repairs old clocks, player pianos and phonographs from the early 1900s. He also collects scary mechanical monkeys, pocket typewriters, and ...
Q: What’s cylindrical, made of wax, and part of one of history’s great showdowns? A: These records in the museum collection with audio recorded 130 years ago. Three wax cylinders recorded in 1889 from ...