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David Giovanonni, First Sounds principal, will discuss the making and preservation of phonautograms Friday, June 6 at The Association of Moving Image Archivists: The Reel Thing XX in Los Angeles, CA. Additional upcoming presentations are scheduled for the California Antique Phonograph Society Banquet and at The Audio Engineering Society's Convention in San Francisco. A current list of upcoming presentations is online. More >>
About First Sounds
First Sounds is an informal collaborative of audio historians, recording engineers, sound archivists, scientists, other individuals, and organizations who aim to make mankind's earliest sound recordings available to all people for all time. Read more »
Learn more about what First Sounds has achieved:
- First Sounds' research featured on page 1 of the March 27 New York Times
- Listen to the World's Oldest sound
- First Sounds featured on March 27 edition of NPR's All Things Considered
- Read press release about international debut of Scott phonautograms