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This article is from the Antique Radios
And Phonographs FAQ, by Hank van Cleef vancleef@netcom with
numerous contributions by others.
25 Where can I learn about the history of the phonograph?
write to Allen Koenigsberg, 502 E. 17th
Street, Brooklyn, NY 11226. Request a collectors check list.
Most important books can be purchased through him. The
most scholarly is "From Tinfoil to Stereo, 1877-1929" by
Welch and Burt. Unfortunately, the authors concentrate on
the legal fights faced by early phonograph producers, and not
the technological problems the had to overcome to bring talking
machines to market successfully.
Koenigsberg also publishes the "Antique
Phonograph Monthly." It contains interesting articles about
phonographs. Be warned: it comes out every year or so, not
monthly. Since the history of phonographs is a hobby not
a scholarly undertaking, people do this sort of thing in
their spare time. Note: the Monthly has not come out for two
years now, so it may be finished. Check with Allen.
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