Q&A: The inventor with an ear for the past

Jascha Hoffman

Nature, 2009, vol. 461, issue 7262, 351-351

Abstract: Engineer Duncan Miller has spent decades reviving the lost art of acoustic recording to wax cylinders, a technique pioneered by Thomas Edison. Nature finds out how his Vulcan Cylinder Record Company, based in Sheffield, UK, has combined sleuthing and modern chemistry to craft a new repertoire for the hand-cranked phonograph.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1038/461351a

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