On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 17:47:50 +0800, Timothy Sipples wrote:
>I was referring to a device called a "phonautograph." The phonautograph
>recorded what is now "the earliest clearly recognizable record of the human
>voice yet recovered": �douard-L�on Scott de Martinville (most probably)
>singing "Au Clair de la Lune" on April 9, 1860. An 1859 recording of
>somebody (probably Scott himself) striking a 435 Hz tuning fork has also
>been recovered. Scott started using his phonautograph invention in 1853 or
>1854, but it hasn't been possible yet (and may never be) to recover his
>earliest recordings.
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonautograph
Links to: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104797243
>Thomas Edison started making phonograph recordings in 1877. Currently, the
>earliest recovered Edison phonograph recording is from June 22, 1878.
>Unlike Scott, Edison could play his recordings back in his own era.
>
And somewhat even today:
https://ccrma.stanford.edu/groups/edison/brahms/brahms.html
-- gil
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