I have created an instrument that has the power to change the world of sound forever. While trying to improve the telegraph I have created a machine capable of recording sound and playing it back. I have tested the prototype extensively and I have incredible confidence that the machine will be a necessity for many people and it has the possibility of leading to more incredible creations. In order to produce this amazing machine, I am asking for a loan of $15,000.
I call this machine, the phonograph. The phonograph is constructed using a metal cylinder, tinfoil, and two diaphragm-and-needle units. The two needles are necessary for the machine to work; one needle records sound and the second takes the sound and plays it back. When using the machine,
“When it comes to life, the critical thing is whether you take things for granted, or take them with gratitude.” This quote by G. K. Chesterson, representing people’s struggle to show future generations what life was like by preserving classics. This is shown by the phonograph in “The Portable Phonograph” by Walter Van Tilburg Clark. “The Portable Phonograph” has many examples of symbolism including the portable phonograph, the needle, the records, the lead pipe, the books, and elements of setting including the prairie, the cell and the cell block, and the black cloud strips.
Stethoscope functionality generally has not changed over the past few decades evolving from the monaural hollowed out wooden tube first invented in the early 1800’s by Rene Laennec to the more familiar long multi tubular version, improved upon by George Cammann 50 years later, we so typically see today. The core components of a modern stethoscope are comprised of ear tips, binaural piece, tubing and a diaphragm with a bell on the back. The bell transmits low frequency waves all the way up to the ear pieces, while the diaphragm is designed to carry the higher frequency sound. The two fathers of the stethoscope left little room for improvement on the near perfect design for just over a century until a Harvard Medical School professor by the name of David Littmann turned the simple listening device into the versatile diagnostic tool resting around almost every health care professional’s neck today.
Use of Setting in "The Shawl" and "The Portable Phonograph" In literature, setting is often used to enhance or develop characters, provide realism, and create a mood or atmosphere for a story (Roberts 256). Two short stories, "The Shawl" by Cynthia Ozick and Walter Van Tillburg Clark’s "The Portable Phonograph" explore victims of war in the vivid settings that the authors have created. Although both works are vague as to geographic setting and place in time, the authors’ detailed descriptions of the character’s surroundings envelop the reader and lend an air of authenticity to the tales (Kauvar 180). "The Shawl" and "The Portable Phonograph" differ in their treatment of symbolism and characterization but their ingenious use of setting to create a theme unites these two stories.
has a record player that he brings out once a week for the listening pleasure
In only a matter of time, the surrounding environment is destroyed, natural sources become contaminated and useless, the temperature drops, and suddenly winter is paying a lingering visit. A nuclear winter. It is a definite possibility in today’s society, a thought that casts shivers down spines. It is the topic that is being addressed by Walter Van Tilburg Clark in his short story, “The Portable Phonograph”, and it is the possible occurrence that is being assessed by James Roberts in the article “How to Survive Nuclear Winter”. In the short story, a group of four men is forced to survive during a nuclear winter, and they have been for a certain period of time. So far, the men have found sources that they can live off of, however, the primary
Edison decided to change the idea by using a tin foil wrapped metal cylinder instead of the paper. The final cylinder phonograph had 2 diaphragm and needle units. One would be for recording date and the other would be for playing it. For the machine to work, one would have to speak into a mouthpiece and the sound vibrations would be imprinted on the cylinder. Then the recording needle would create some sort of groove pattern on the cylinder. The data can then played by back by the data from the created grooves.
Schoenherr, Steven. "Recording Technology History." www.web.archive.org. Steven E. Schoenherr, 6 July 2005. Web. 2 May 2014.
An aspiring entrepreneur named, Laurens Hammond, was originally a clockmaker in his attempts toward America’s gold paved roads. Nevertheless, his desire for riches was fueled by a society that wanted to spread the gospel (sacred or secular) to their congregation. His invention utilized variations in magnetic wheels to produce an almost limitless variation in tonal possibilities. An organ could contain around ninety wheels, and mathematically speaking, 9090 is as close to infinite as possible. In 1936, Laurens made another impactful maneuver in that he integrated Don Leslie’s invention, the Leslie speakers which, still to this day, seems to carry its weight in gold. Although I am not knowledgeable regarding audio mechanics/physics, I believe
Music and the relationships of music have changed drastically in our society. The course of studies and the evaluations of the applications of the technology of music, the making and the listening of music have changed in the way we listen to music, the styles of music in our society and in the media. The importance of the technology in music today, has, over the past century been charted through the study of musical examples and through viewing how human values are reflected in this century's timely music. There are very many different types of music that are listened to. There are readings, writings, lectures and discussions on all the different types of music.
Generally, in recording, the sound waves impinge on a microphone and are converted into an electrical signal that is recorded by a tape recorder. The tape can be edited if desired. When a commercial phonograph record is to be made, a disk of soft acetate composition coated on an aluminum base, called an original, is placed on a rotating turntable. The tape is played back and controls a stylus that cuts a spiral groove starting from the outer edge and moving to the inner edge of the original. For monophonic sound the stylus vibrates from side to side as it cuts the groove. For stereophonic sound the stylus vibrates vertically, as well as from side to side, recording one sound channel in the left wall of the groove and one in the right.
In this experiment, we attempt to make a musical instrument. My group decided to make a wind instrument, which is an instrument that requires a player to blow in it, in order to have sound. There are some examples of wind instrument like, trumpet, oboe, tuba, etc... In this experiment, we’re going to explain how our wind instrument was made, and how the instrument changes in frequency by blowing in it. For the materials, we used the straw to become our mouthpiece, and with a washing machine pipe to make the sound better, and to become the tube of our instrument. We will test different lengths of the instrument, and measure any difference in frequency, or pitch, between the lengths.
Music has played a role in society since the dawn of man. Said to be the beginning of communication in early civilization, music and dance have influenced how we think, act and treat members of our own society. Song and dance is used in rites of passage ceremonies such as births, weddings and funerals throughout the world. Jamaican and Yoruba cultures have made many contributions to our society. The uses of this music as a vehicle for political issues, values, and beliefs have been used by many musicians from different cultures. I intend to discuss the Contribution of these two contemporary cultures music and their effect on society.
Crowdfunding has worked as a “network orchestrators” where the formation of crowdfunding has been created as organizational systems and a place for integrating of demand and supply players (Ordanini et al., 2010). The crowdfunding has acted as relational mediators where intermediate between demands (inventor, new artists, designers, project initiators) and supply (committed supporters, backers, donors); the relational mediators have replaced traditional intermediaries such as traditional record company and venture capitalists. Crowdfunding platforms have conceptually linked the demands and supply where the committed supporters have believed to the demanders and provide monetary support to do projects (Freund, 2010).
Music is an essential part of life because of the expression it allows people to have, its entertainment, and its therapeutic ways for the world.
How did this electric gramophone work? Akio Morita started to read related books and studied on his ...