In a message dated 6/27/2009 2:58:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, banjobud at cfl.rr.com writes: Has anyone ever heard of this forgotten toy? --------------- those were the first replicated records, made by Lambrigot, ca 1880. The recording was on the string, or strip, itself. allen _www.phonobooks.com_ (http://www.phonobooks.com)