I Am the Edison Phonograph [audio] (1906)

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I was watching G4TV back in 2002 when this happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnsizkVjGm8 A museum curator (I believe) is a guest on the TV program and showing a rare one of a kind wax cylinder Edison phonograph recording when tragedy happens...

This was a prank played on both the host and on the show's director. Neither were aware that this wax cylinder was very common and worth less than $10. I worked on TechTV's The Screen Savers and G4's Attack of the Show.

Thanks, I watched those shows often, back to the TechTV days. I always felt so bad for the guy, he seemed genuinely taken aback.

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