Scientists recreate a 134-year-old audio recording

The team of the research laboratory. Lawrence in Berkeley, California, successfully restored an audio record 134 years old. Historical audio was recorded in 1878 by a phonograph developed by Thomas Edison. The phonograph consisted of a cylinder wrapped in foil. Sound was recorded on the surface of the foil with a needle.


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Due to the fragility of the foil, the recordings were suitable for only a few replays. With the help of a scanning device and special software, scientists created a 3D model of channels in foil and recorded original sound tracks.

Scanning process:

As for the audio recording itself, this is a 23-second recording of the clarinet solo and, presumably, the voice of political writer Thomas Mason, who reads the fairy tales Mary Had a Little Lamb and Old Mother Hubbard, etc.
Using modern sound reproduction technologies, these audio can be heard in the Museum of Innovation and Science in New York.

You can listen to the recording here .

More information about the scanner can be found in the description .

All information is taken from the laboratory site .