Replica of Scott's 1857 flatbed phonautograph (photo 9 of 9)
Replica of Scott's 1857 flatbed phonautograph (photo 9 of 9)
Phonautograph: Invented by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville in Paris, France in 1857. This object is a full-scale replica based on historic drawings, built in 2016 by Anton Stoelwinder for the David Giovannoni collection. An original machine of this design does not survive.
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