Mason and Hamlin Organ and Edison Phonograph
Organó de Mason y Hamlin y Fonógrafo de Edison

Mason and Hamlin Organ and Edison Phonograph

Mason & Hamlin Organ, ca. 1870. Edison Phonograph, 1915-1919. Victor Talking Machine, 1908-1920. Prior to Edison’s development of the phonograph in the late 1870s, music could not be played back at will. All music was either live, recorded in musical notation on paper, or produced in a repetitive format by a music box.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: EPMH

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

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