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Drawing of one of the first musical compositional recording machines, created in 1753 nearly two centuries before the dawn of recorded sound and possibly inspired by the mathematical abacus. 

Drawing of one of the first musical compositional recording machines, created in 1753 nearly two centuries before the dawn of recorded sound and possibly inspired by the mathematical abacus. 

1-20-2013
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