The wax entertainment cylinder makes its commercial…

1889 CE

The wax entertainment cylinder makes its commercial debut in 1889 (a relatively well-preserved and freely available example from that year is the Fifth Regiment March, played by Issler's Orchestra).

At first, the only customers are entrepreneurs who install nickel-in-the-slot phonographs in amusement arcades, saloons and other public places.

At this time, a phonograph costs the equivalent of several months' wages for the average worker and is driven by an electric motor powered by hazardous, high-maintenance wet cell batteries.

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