Wax Cylinders Hold Audio From a Century Ago. The Library Is Listening.

Wax Cylinders Hold Audio From a Century Ago. The Library Is Listening.

The New York Times - Music:

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts acquired a machine that transfers recordings from the fragile format. Then a batch of cylinders from a Met Opera librarian arrived.

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