Replica of Scott's 1859 cylinder phonautograph (photo 3 of 7)
Replica of Scott's 1859 cylinder phonautograph (photo 3 of 7)
Replica of Scott's 1859 cylinder phonautograph: Invented by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, the original built by him and Rudolph Koenig in Paris, France in 1859. This object is a replica based on historic drawings, built in 2014 by Jean-Paul Agnard for the David Giovannoni collection. An original machine of this design does not survive.
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