Historical contribution
What Berliner contributed
His lateral-cut disc system separated recording from the manufacture of duplicate copies, helping recorded sound become a reproducible commercial medium.
Why it mattered
Disc records supported mass duplication, catalogues and a durable recorded-music industry.
Connected topics
Where this fits in ITEM
Evidence
Sources and further reading
- Edison’s Talking Machine
Smithsonian National Museum of American History
- From the Recording Registry: Phonautograms
Library of Congress
- History of the Cylinder Phonograph
Library of Congress
- Phonautograms,
Library of Congress, National Recording Preservation Board
- The Gramophone
Library of Congress
- Volta Laboratory experimental recording and graphophone collections
Smithsonian Institution