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    Wax Cylinders Hold Audio From a Century Ago. The Library Is Listening.

    A New York library acquired a machine that transfers recordings from the fragile format. Then a batch of cylinders from a Met Opera librarian arrived.

    The NY Times

    January 2, 2023 by Blake Technology

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