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Party Like It’s 1889

The first coin operated phonograph (an early version of the jukebox) appeared in the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco on November 23, 1889.  We’d love to know what sorts of tunes played on the wax cylinder for a nickel.

Drawing of a Coin Actuated Attachment for Phonographs by L. Glass and W. S. Arnold, 05/27/1890

my uncle (phonograph collector) would love this.

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   最初のcoin-operated phonographは、1889年11月23日にSFのPalais Royal Saloonに設置された。 当初、口述筆記道具として売られていたフォノグラフは赤字しか生み出さなかったが、The Edison...

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    my uncle (phonograph collector) would love this.

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    For some strange reason, old hand drawn technical drawings fascinate me…

21. churchofmeat said: Thin Lizzy’s “Dancing in the Moonlight” was the first song played on this machine
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