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Hearing the Americas
Cardboard cylinder container with label reading "Edison Gold Moulded Records, Echo All Over the World," standing beside a black cylindrical record marked "Quartette."

Edison Gold Moulded Cylinder Record

Title

Edison Gold Moulded Cylinder Record

Description

An innovation in sound recording technology that used a metal plating method to create a "master" cylinder that could be filled to produce recorded cylinders. This created more consistency in sound quality and performance.

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An innovation in sound recording technology that used a metal plating method to create a "master" cylinder that could be filled to produce recorded cylinders. This created more consistency in sound quality and performance.