The phonograph created a sensation, and the star inventor was on the front page of all newspapers.
Edison travelled across the U.S. with the magical machine, and was even invited to the White House to give a personal demonstration to President Rutherford B. Hayes. The phonograph made Edison world famous, even though it would not become commercially viable for another decade. The device made further sensation when the U.S. Army used it to bring music to its troops during World War I.
Edison knew, right from the beginning, that the phonograph would be a success. But he had thought it would be used mostly as an office tool. When he sang those nursery lines in the first attempt on the phonograph, Edison had no idea that the future of his wonderful invention would be in music.
Capturing the sound was like a fairy tale come true: no wonder Edison won the nickname “The Wizard of Menlo Park.”
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