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    One of a kind Wax Cylinder breaks on camera

    jessieawebb

    3 HN mentions · mentioned in 3 months, 2016–2021

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    0:34 · 702K views · Oct 10, 2008

    A roughly one-minute TV clip in which a guest accidentally breaks a rare, one-of-a-kind wax cylinder recording on camera.

    Shared as a darkly funny moment of televised schadenfreude in threads about early audio formats and cylinder archives.

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    3 comments from Hacker News

    1. @todd8May 2016· in “I Am the Edison Phonograph [audio] (1906)”

      I was watching G4TV back in 2002 when this happened: this video 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...

      AsideView on HN
    2. @VasloAug 2021· in “UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive”

      Everytime I see articles of these wax cylinders I always think of this video on Chris Pirillo’s old show: this video 30 second video but kind of entertaining depending on your taste in humor.

      AsideView on HN
    3. @jszymborskiAug 2018· in “Timeline of audio formats”

      I can't help but think of one of my favourite moments of televised schadenfreude when audio cylinders get mentioned. this video

      AsideView on HN