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Music Player Collection

 

The Regina Mechanical Music Machine, 1896-1905
CLICK TO HEAR:   The Girls of America Song
RECORDING: Regina mechanical music disc, 20 inches diameter
PUBLISHED BY: Duganne 4306
DATE: ca. 1900

 

The Victrola cabinet floor model ca. 1906
CLICK TO HEAR:   Shaga Shuga Shuffle
RECORDING: 78 rpm 10-inch shellac acoustic record, played with Dura-Tone steel needle, Loud Tone, by St. Regis (for Electrical Recordings)
PERFORMED BY: The Four Suns
PUBLISHED BY: Majestic Records
DATE: ca. 1930

 

The Edison Home Phonograph
CLICK TO HEAR:   Georgia Barn Dance
RECORDING: Edison Home Phonograph cylinder
PUBLISHED BY: Indestructible Cylinder Co.
DATE: ca. 1895

Recordings made at San Diego Historical Society on Jan. 22, 1998, with Tascam PS-D1 DAT recorder and two Sony ECM-170 microphones by Steve Schoenherr and Miles Johnston. Schoenherr, Associate Professor of History at University of San Diego, has created an excellent on-line history of recording technology.