Edison Museum Wax Cylinder Recording Session (HD)

[SuperEckster]

Melt about 2 cups beef tallow, Mix in 2 teaspoons of powdered graphite, While stirring pour in your water caustic lye solution (like making soap). take a toilet paper cardboard dip it twice into the solution before it saponifies, let it harden, shape it to size make a plaster mold so it fits the mandrel. shape and shave the cylinder and voila you have a blank cylinder for recording

[SuperEckster]

This is amazing

[mliss78]

I ... WANT ... ONE ! :)

[eclecticdufus]

He's eight about the metallic soap compound. NEVER try and clean even a sturdier post 1902 black wax cylinder under the tap. It will fall apart in your hands. I know :((

[kirtley2010]

the tip of the recorder is acctually a glass rod, very small and quite sharp, it is much better recording on these machines than on a modern cassette or other formats, that is why im going to buy a phonograph and recorder, i allready have a decent collection of gramophones and 78s but i want to start moving into phonographs and cylinders, and im only 14!!!

[megabrontes123]

somebody needs to record a 21 century song on to that

[ORUPRANKSTAZ]

@merlinchanelle

merlinchanelle = Not so much. It's spelled "g-e-n-i-u-s."  ;-)

[MikeBlitzMag]

He even cut an introduction, just as many of the original cylinders had. That's great! If you love acoustic/cylinder era music, please contact Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan relentlessly. They have extensive Edison era recording archives and the rights to reissue them onto CD, but they have long steadfastly refused to do so.

[ORUPRANKSTAZ]

@MikeBlitzMag

It's because they're purists. It's the same type of people that insist that vinyl sounds better than CD. SOMETIMES it does, but on a CD player, or even a computer/device, I don't have to worry about cleaning a damned stylus...

[MikeBlitzMag]

@ORUPRANKSTAZ All true. But in their case, it's a bit more than that. Previous inquiries about reissuing this material onto CD were answered with concerns about whether such projects would sell. That comment came from an organization specializing in American history and whose outlet shop's only musical offerings are CDs containing re-recorded versions of overplayed early rock and roll hits.

[gerica22]

Excellent! I need to get to this museum with my kids. I visited it many years ago when I was a kid.

I bought a wonderful Edison transitional Model B phonograph from a guy named Tim! It is a beautiful piece of machinery!

[krimskrams]

for a moment i thought the guitar player was john lthgow :D

[MsMegajosh]

wow what a coincidence. i have been there, and i know that black- haired kid in the back.

[Menloman]

Why do people insist in using a horn for recording that has a flared end? All genuine recording horns were simple funnel shapes. The flared end reflects sound away from the cutting stylus........

[frederik027]

love this video XD

[swanniG2]

This is awesome!

[rweerakkody4565]

who was the gentleman in the white wig and the formal dress? was he an edison mascott / impersonator?

[Phonophan79]

@rweerakkody4565 Exactly, yes. This was their "grand re-opening" weekend after renovations that kept the museum closed for nearly 6 years. He didn't necessarily impersonate Edison, just was a look-alike walking around the grounds.

[rweerakkody4565]

@Phonophan79 a bystander hired to act as Edsion. wow thats a long time: 6 years to renovate a museum. well thats nice to welcome the opening of a worthful museum by surprising the public with pre-sound recording (amidst the modern sound recording techniques). thanks for uploading this.

[Mr1920s]

That's just awesome!!!

[KawhackitaRag]

Terrific! The next time they do a recording demonstration like this, they should get Craig Ventresco and Meredith Axelrod to play!

[howardrhughes]

I like these guys they really get into character five stars

[LouiePlaysDrums]

Amazing history lesson. Thank you for sharing!!!

[EMGColonel]

The "Collector" from England mentioned is Mr Paul Morris of Exeter.

[KawhackitaRag]

Oh really? Isn't he the fellow with the Aeolian Duo-Art pipe organ?

[EMGColonel]

Yes - that's him and he's a major force in the "Phonograph world " in the UK - sadly in severe decline.

He makes all sorts of Wax Cylinders - including Concert ones

[tyaye]

bloody great stuff.....good to see the art being kept alive!

[mykeawja]

Great indeed!!!

Thanks...friend ("\(*-*)/")

[JeremyPassarelli]

Very Nice! Wonderful Video!