About this objectPhonograph contained within a wooden box with an arched wooden separate cover. Wooden handle held by metal supports.
The phonograph could record sound and play it back. The receiver consisted of a tin foil wrapped cylinder and a very thin membrane, called a diaphragm, attached to a needle. Sound waves were directed into the diaphragm, making it vibrate. The amplified vibrations played back the recorded sounds..
MakerThomas A Edison
Maker RoleManufacturer
PeriodEarly 20th century
Place MadeNorth and Central America, United States, New Jersey, Orange
