CENTRAL CITY — Scott Musil doesn’t just like old songs. He also likes to hear those tunes on the machines on which they were originally played. Musil, 38, is a collector of old phonographs. He ...

The Chatham Community Band and Morris Arts present the “Discovering Edison” concert and demonstration will be held at 1 p.m.

The jukebox got its start earlier than you might think, but it truly became iconic when rock 'n' roll took over in the 1950s ...

With the flood of groundbreaking innovations in recent decades, you might find yourself wondering, “What was the very first invention?” Interestingly, the answer isn’t as straightforward as it seems.

You might be old enough to remember record platters, but you probably aren’t old enough to remember when records were cylinders. The Edison Blue Amberol records came out in 1912 and were far superior ...

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In an elaborately converted garage in the Czech Republic, a 15-minute ride from Prague’s city center, sits one of the most unusual and ambitious venues one is likely to find anywhere. It might have ...

The first idea of a genuine talking-machine appears to belong to Thomas A. Edison, who, in 1875, took out patents upon a device intended to reproduce complex sounds, such as those of the human voice.

Vintage music box Edison's Amberola 50 phonograph Circa 1920 Edison's Amberola 50 uses cylinders that rotate rather than spin like its successor, the turntable. It was wireless and did not use a ...

Tonight, it's a football game that's taken place in Swanzey once a year for 40 years, outside, and in the middle of winter. So grab your favorite jersey and some gloves, we are heading to The Slush ...

SCHENECTADY — It is an American treasure that had been suspended in time for more than a century. Locked in silence for 134 years, the earliest known recording of a musical performance and a human ...