Antique Recording Technologies

Classic Tape Recorders - Focused on raising appreciation of analogue tape recoding and classic reel-to-reel tape recorders. Offers links, stories, background and history.
mytapedecks.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/

Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project - A digital collection of recordings held by the University of California at Santa Barbara. Includes searchable database, history of cylinder recordings, and donation information.
cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/

Digital Needle - A Virtual Gramophone - Audio extraction from images of gramophone records.
www.cs.huji.ac.il/~springer/

History of Recorded Sound (Antique Phonograph Books Edison) - Extensive article on the inventors and their US Patents, 1877-1912.
members.aol.com/allenamet/BirthRec.htm

The Phonograph WebRing - Early phonographs, gramophones, cylinders, 78s and recorded sound in general.
php.indiana.edu/~pfeaster/phono.htm

Recording Consoles of the 20th Century - Contains pictures of most major recording consoles made in the 20th century.
www.recordingconsoles.net/

Restoration of the Leak Stereo 20 Valve Amplifier - Provides information on circuit diagrams, parts listing, photographs and restoration advice.
www.geocities.com/stereo20/

World of Gramophones - Downloads of historic recordings from cylinders and 78s as well as online sales of gramophones and recordings.
www.worldofgramophones.com/

Yahoo! Groups: AnalogueSynthesisers - Discussion forum for information, classifieds, photos, and general know-how regarding analog and modular synthesizers.
launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AnalogueSynthesisers/

19th Century Music restored with lasers - New York Times Article: New technology designed to read cylinder records. <small>(January 20, 2000)</small>
members.aol.com/allenamet/NYT1-20-00.html