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One of a kind Wax Cylinder breaks on camera

Name: One of a kind Wax Cylinder breaks on camera
Description: A roughly one-minute TV clip in which a guest accidentally breaks a rare, one-of-a-kind wax cylinder recording on camera.

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Cited on HN 3 times, 2016–2021, never outright recommended score 0

Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

Shared as a darkly funny moment of televised schadenfreude in threads about early audio formats and cylinder archives.

A roughly one-minute TV clip in which a guest accidentally breaks a rare, one-of-a-kind wax cylinder recording on camera.

“one of my favourite moments of televised schadenfreude” (HN, 2018)

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3 Hacker News comments

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@todd8 May 2016 Makes a joke

on HN thread I Am the Edison Phonograph [audio] (1906)

I was watching G4TV back in 2002 when this happened: [this video] A museum curator (I believe) is a guest on the TV program and showing a rare one of a kind wax cylinder Edison phonograph recording when tragedy happens...

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@jszymborski Aug 2018 Makes a joke

on HN thread Timeline of audio formats

I can't help but think of one of my favourite moments of televised schadenfreude when audio cylinders get mentioned. [this video]

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@Vaslo Aug 2021 Makes a joke

on HN thread UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive

Everytime I see articles of these wax cylinders I always think of this video on Chris Pirillo’s old show: [this video] 30 second video but kind of entertaining depending on your taste in humor.

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