This hands-on activity shows how to make a hand drum that creates percussion sounds.
Materials
Mini Glue Gun and Glue Stick
Hole Punch
Drawing Compass
Thread or Yarn (Waxed thread wor…
Radio Inquiry Unit
While serving in the U.S. Army during World War I, Armstrong synthesized three ideas to create his superheterodyne circuit for selectively amplifying a very high fr…
Radio Inquiry Unit
According to the E.H. Armstrong, wireless receiving system patent, “The present invention relates to improvements in the arrangement and connections o…
Chances are good that you and your friends don’t get your music in the same way that your parents did. Their generation was much more likely to hear a new song on the radio and go out to Sam Goody's…
The Art of Noises - Futurist Manifesto
“L'arte dei rumori (The art of noises) takes the form of a letter from artist and instrument builder Luigi Russolo to the musician Francesco Balilla Pratell…
The Telharmonium - An Apparatus for the Electrical Generation and Transmission of Music
In 1895 Thaddeus Cahill submitted his first patent for the Telharmonium “The Art of and Apparatus for Gener…
Perforated Disk Siren
From the Smithsonian, Museum of Natural History.
Woodwind instruments are some of the oldest used instruments, and several flutes have been discovered which date between 35,0…
This document includes historical insight on Edison’s Tinfoil Phonograph, including presenting it to President Rutherford B. Hayes, as well as a demonstration to live audience.
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This document includes a permanent record of vinyl recordings mentioned in the IEEE REACH Electronic Music Inquiry Unit made available via Discogs.com.
Discogs does not require a login and provides…