[78-L] Story of the LP (queries)

[Michael Shoshani]

On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 21:30 -0500, Michael Biel wrote:
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> There was the Columbia Graphophone Grand in 1899 with three horns and 
> three recorders or reproducers.  

That's actually the Columbia *Multiplex* Graphophone Grand. The regular
Graphophone Grand was a single recorder/reproducer 5" cylinder machine.

This was also the first time the word "Multiplex" was used to label or
describe consumer audio gear, although if I recall correctly the word
itself had previously been used in conjunction with harmonic telegraphy.

MS