Honky-tonk owner knows secret of sound with vintage machine collection

Ruble Sanderson has a collection of sound machines that would impress Thomas Edison. Phonographs, jukeboxes, video games tucked away in Nashville.
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This Day in History in 1877 – “Scientific American” Announces Thomas Edison’s “Wonderful Invention”—the Phonograph

November of 1877, the publication Scientific American enthuses about Thomas Edison's new invention: the phonograph, a way to record and play back sound. Calling it a "wonderful invention," the article ...
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Thomas Alva Edison : a letter written the day he received a patent for his invention of the phonograph Menlo Park, New Jersey, February 19, 1878

"This is the tenth in a series of publications featuring letters from the collection of H.W. Lende, Jr., San Antonio, Texas"--Page [12]. "One hundred fifty copies of this booklet have been ...
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This Day in History: Edison’s Phonograph

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - On this day in 1877, a scientific journal unveiled a groundbreaking invention that would forever change the world of sound: Thomas Edison’s phonograph. This revolutionary device ...