Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Pilot Project

(These pages are slightly modified versions of the original pilot project pages put online in 2002)

Cylinder Player

Introduction to the scope and purpose of the pilot project

Details on the analog to digital conversion process, the compression used for web access, and cataloging

An initiative of the UC Santa Barbara Library • (805) 893-5444 • Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010. [Envelope]

Direct questions or comments about the project or this page to the project staff or visit the help pages.

Heart bowed down - William Tuson. (Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8455), [1903].

Listen to a live stream of German comedy cylinders from 1904-1909 on streaming Cylinder Radio

Some of the most popular recordings were comedy and vaudeville routines.