As Edison company improved the design and came up with the Edison Home Phonograph, people began to have them in their homes, to play music and dance. The phonograph became widely popular for recreational purposes. The novelty of the original tin foil phonograph wore down, and so did Edison’s focus on it, but others continued to work on it, leading to improvements and inspiration for new designs. The phonograph was really the first of its kind, so original, in fact, that it initially faced skepticism. French scientist Charles Cros had invented his own recording device in 1877 as well, but had not produced a working model. At this point, the phonograph was quite an original innovation. When the phonograph first came about, people were astounded.
The patent for the phonograph was obtained on February 19, 1878. To test the machine, Edison sang “Mary had a little lamb” into the mouthpiece and was amazed to find that “the machine reproduced it perfectly”. After completing the design, Edison passed it on to his mechanic, John Kreusi, who was able to build it, although it may have taken several months. This is the version pictured above.Įdison is credited as inventor of the phonograph, however, he was not actually the one to build the first working model. This design was later changed to a metal cylinder wrapped in tin foil, with a needle that made indentations on the cylinder for recording, and another needle for playing the sound. Sound vibrations would cause indentations to be made in the paper. In 1877, Edison designed the phonograph, a diaphragm with a paraffin paper held against it. This led him to pursue a method for recording telephone messages in a similar way. He began developing a machine that made indentations on paper to transcribe telegraphic messages and could then be sent over the telegraph. The original Edison tin foil phonograph, 1877Įdison’s inspiration for the phonograph came about after his work with the telegraph and the telephone.
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