And Edison really thought his new machine would be confined to secretaries as a dictation aid. He wasn't keen on its phonographic uses until very late in the game, but he stuck with it once he saw the possibilities.

Alex McGehee

On Feb 10, 2016, at 12:54 PM, Clark Johnsen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Enjoyable article on the social aspects of phonography, but, as you must
> have noticed, laden with technical errors. But then so is the Wiki.
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> clark
>
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 7:12 AM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/phonograph-changed-music-forever-180957677/