Tinfoil.com

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Today’s FamilyFirst site is a multimedia experience spanning back to 1878. That’s right, multimedia from the 19th century is available on the internet! All you have to do is visit tinfoil.com.
Tinfoil.com celebrates the cylinder record. You’re not familiar with it? No problem, they haven’t made them since the 20’s. Okay, experts, I know, they were used in Dictaphones in offices until the 50’s, but that doesn’t count!
When Thomas Edison initially started recording sounds, he used wax cylinders. They were about four inches long, just big enough around to hold by suspending them with two fingers inside (actually the safe way to handle them), and grooved on the outside. The grooves produced the sound, similar to the flat record.
The earliest incarnations of the cylinder records were wrapped in tinfoil, hence the site name.
So what makes this site so cool? Well, you can hear sounds recorded from 1878! Many who died upon the Titanic were not yet born! Does that put it into perspective?

The earliest incarnations of the cylinder records were wrapped in tinfoil, hence the site name.
So what makes this site so cool? Well, you can hear sounds recorded from 1878! Many who died upon the Titanic were not yet born! Does that put it into perspective?
The site pays appropriate homage to Mr. Edison himself. In a twist of technology, you can also visit the Cylinder Music Shop Catalog and purchase originally cylinder-recorded music on CDs.
Interested in seeing how wax cylinders are transformed into digital music? The entire process is well documented. You can’t imagine how important motor speed is!
But best of all, you can experience the cylinder of the month! Listen to century-old music in Real or mp3 format. And enjoy show posters advertising the groups featured!
Best of all? The iron fist of the RIAA has NO JURISDICTION!! Don’t worry about getting sued for downloading!
Enjoy today’s FamilyFirst site. Your great-great-grandparents would be proud.
http://www.tinfoil.com