The world's first phonograph was invented by Edison and was born in 1877. Thomas Alva Edison experimented with a short needle based on the phenomenon that the diaphragm in the telephone microphone would vibrate with the sound of speech, and got great inspiration from it. The speed of speaking can cause the short needle to vibrate in different ways. Then, in turn, this vibration must also produce the original speaking sound. So he began to study the problem of sound reproduction. ?

On August 15, 1877, Thomas Alva Edison asked his assistant Cressey to make a strange machine consisting of a large cylinder, a crank, a receiver and a diaphragm according to the drawings. Thomas Alva Edison pointed to this strange machine and said to his assistant: "This is a talking machine." He took out a piece of tin foil, rolled it on a metal cylinder engraved with spiral grooves, and let the end of the needle Gently wipe the tin foil and turn it, and connect the other end to the receiver.

Thomas Alva Edison cranked the crank and sang into the receiver "Mary had a little lamb, and the snowballs were like feathers...". After singing, put the needle back to its original place and gently crank the crank again. Then, the machine slowly turned around and over, singing "Mary Had a Little Lamb...", exactly the same as Thomas Alva Edison sang just now.

The assistants on the side were so surprised that they were speechless when they encountered a talking machine. The news of the birth of the "talking machine" caused a sensation all over the world. In December 1877, Thomas Alva Edison publicly performed the phonograph, and outside public opinion immediately hailed him as the "Napoleon Bonaparte of science" and one of the three most exciting inventions of the 19th century.

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In 1877, Edison created the first phonograph in human history and began the field of media storage. Over the past 100 years, innovations have been continuously introduced. From the initial play with tin foil rollers and steel needles, which caused each roller to be played only a few times before wearing out, to the modern DVD with laser audio and video storage software, it has shown endless performance in the 21st century. Unparalleled audio and video realm.

Details of Shellac Records When Edison invented the phonograph, he used a drum made of tin foil for recording. The early microphones could only record one drum at a time. Each drum would wear out after being listened to for five or six times. In 1887, German technician Emilie Berliner used a gold-plated copper mold as a master, and then used hard wax as a raw material (the raw material in the future was shellac, also known as foreign paint) to make a master copy. The following year, records began to be mass-produced like other commodities.

In 1879, the gramophone was first introduced to Japan, and in 1899, the first record company, Sankodo, was established. Since the technology of recording and manufacturing records was controlled by Europe and the United States at that time, Japanese records had to be produced in Europe and the United States. Therefore, the early records in Japan were made by foreign technicians who crossed the sea to Japan to record, and then brought the master disks back to Europe and the United States to make records. Exported back to Japan for sale.

The first company in Japan to advertise the production of phonographs and records was the Nippon Microphone Manufacturing Co., Ltd. established in 1907 as a technical cooperation between the United States and Japan. In the same year, the Japanese Keigo Yuchi developed the manufacturing technology of flat disc records, breaking through the European and American technology monopoly. At this time, Japan was victorious in the Russo-Japanese War. The national economy was booming and people's consumption power increased. In April 1909, the factory in Kawasaki began to produce domestic records.

In 1910, Nippon Accumulator Manufacturing Co., Ltd. increased its capital and was reorganized into Nippon Accumulator Chamber of Commerce Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Nippon Accumulator"). After the establishment of Nichisho, in addition to producing records, it also began mass production of gramophones and competed with imported products from Europe and the United States. Subsequently, emerging record companies sprung up one after another.

At the same time as the Japan Phonograph Chamber of Commerce was established in 1910, the Japan Phonograph Chamber of Commerce Taipei Branch was established in Taipei Sakae Town (now Hengyang Road, Taipei), which was a Japanese colony at the time, and began selling phonographs and records in Taiwan. , and started recording Taiwanese music. According to "Records - History of Cultural Development" written by Japanese Kamenosuke Yamaguchi: In 1914, Japanese phonographs and records were introduced to Taiwan in 1910, 95 years ago.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Gramophone