People
This person invented the first (liquid) microphone. This person also patented the telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell
The abbreviation "CD" stands for...
Compact Disc
This is where the louder instruments would sit when a group would perform for a phonograph.
In the back
This marked the boundary between the Outer Ear and the Middle Ear
Eardrum
The first procedure used for editing recorded sound was called...
Splicing
This person used flat discs to record sound instead of wax or foil cylinders.
Emile Berliner
This is the number of songs that the first iPod could fit on 5 GB of storage.
1,000
Cylinders used in early audio recording were made out of...
Wax OR Foil
This is another name for the Outer Ear
Pinna
The person who invented the first liquid microphone was also known for patenting what major piece of technology.
Telephone
The first person to ever record sound.
Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville
This device was released in 1983 and was used to listen to CD's at home.
Philips CD100
True or False: Making copies of the cylinders used for recording on a phonograph was very simple.
False: It was originally impossible.
The name of the GROUP of three bones found in the Middle Ear
Ossicles
Loudness is measured in...
Decibels
This person patented a device to both record AND play back sound
Thomas Edison
This is the part of the Victrola that could control the volume of the music played.
The first device that could ONLY record sound, but not play it back, was the...
Phonautograph
The fluid-filled system found in the Inner Ear
Cochlea
The first electrical recording was in 1925 by the Philadelphia Orchestra. They performed this musical piece.
Danse Macabre (by Camille Saint-Saëns)
This company patented the first widely used home entertainment music device, the Victrola.
The Victor Talking Machine Company
After the iPod, these types of devices (widely used today) absorbed the function of digital music players.
Smartphones
This device could both record AND play back sound.
Phonograph
The tiny hair-like cells found inside the Inner Ear.
Cilia
There are four instruments that were common to have in homes before there was audio recording technology. Name at least three...
Pianos, guitars, banjos, and fiddles