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Phonograph and Experimental Sound Recording, Wax Disc on Binder’s Board
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About this work
This is an experimental disc made in the Volta Laboratory, Washington, D.C. on an unknown date. It features two tunes of instrumental music. An unidentified cornet quartet plays “Killarney” and “Hot-Shot March.” The recording was found on an experimental piece of equipment, Cat. 287655.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePhonograph and Experimental Sound Recording, Wax Disc on Binder’s Board. Volta Laboratory Associates. National Museum of American History, Gift of Alexander Graham Bell. CC0.
