Acknowledgments                                                                              6

Preface to the Revised Edition                                                           7

Chapter One: The Beginnings of theTalking

Machine, 1877 to 1893                                                                       9

Thinkers and Inventors                                                                       9

The Story of the Graphophone and the

North American Phonograph Company                                           16

The Early Talking Machine in Commerce                                         24

Emile Berliner and the Gramophone                                                27

Chapter Two: The Talking Machine Cornes of Age, 1894-1898      30

1894                                                                                                  32

1895                                                                                                  34

1896                                                                                                  36

1897                                                                                                  40

1898                                                                                                  42

Chapter Three: The Talking Machine

Becomes an Industry, 1899-1903                                                     72

1899                                                                                                  72

1900                                                                                                  74

1901                                                                                                  77

1902                                                                                                  79

1903                                                                                                  80

Chapter Four: The Talking Machine Becomes

a Household Word, 1904-1908                                                      125

A Blossoming Business                                                                  125

The Major Firms Set the Pace                                                         142

Chapter Five: The Talking Machine in Transition, 1909-1914       175

The Talking Machine in American Life                                          175

Changes in the Edison Camp                                                          176

Columbia and Victor at a Crossroads                                             189

Chapter Six: The Victrola Era, 1915-1920                                     208

The Vertical-Cut Record Ascends                                                  208

The Vertical-Cut Record Dies, but for Edison                               218

The Victrola, a Success in Fear of Change                                     222

Chapter Seven: Stagnation and Innovation, 1921-1929                 229

Pressures from Market Trends                                                        229

Edison Left Behind                                                                        230

Development and Repercussions of Electrical Recording              231

An Ignominious End to the Edison Phonograph                            235

Appendix: Significant Discoveries Since the First Edition            248

The Kâmmer & Reinhardt  Grammophone Doll .                           249

Value Code Key                                                                             266

Bibliography                                                                                   267

Glossary                                                                                          269

Index                                                                                               271

Early Recorded Sound:

An Aural Appendix on CD Rom                                                    273

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