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The original phonograph invented by Thomas Edison worked by placing a sharp needle on the cylinder and attached it to a crank so that when the crank was turned, the cylinder moved and the needle gouged along its tinfoil surface. At the place where the needle touched the cylinder, Edison placed a mechanical diaphragm, a device designed to capture and magnify sound.
