The fabulous phonograph : from tin foil to high fidelity / by Roland Gelatt.

Author/creator Gelatt, Roland
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : J. B. Lippincott Company, [1955]
Description320 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents Talking tin foil -- Cylinders in business -- Entertainment for a nickel -- Emile Berliner's disc -- At home with the phonograph -- The improving gramophone -- Europe welcomes the talking machine -- A musical instrument -- Victor makes a debut -- The Red Seal epoch -- Decline and fall of the cylinder -- The orchestra came last -- Jazz in Chippendale -- Symphonies from Europe -- The flattened victrola -- Recording becomes electric -- Largess from the microphone -- The phonograph in twilight -- Proceeds from a merger -- The road back -- A war and its aftermath -- Renaissance at a new speed -- Chronology.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 55009154

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