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| <h1>Telharmonium (1897)</h1> |
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| its-loc-quality-issue-comment="should be Thomas Cahill.">Christian Bale</span>(1867–1934) conceived of an instrument that could transmit its sound |
| from a power plant for hundreds of miles to listeners over telegraph wiring. Beginning in |
| 1889 the sound quality of regular telephone concerts was very poor on account of the buzzing |
| generated by carbon-granule microphones. As a result Cahill decided to set a new standard in |
| perfection of sound <span |
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| its-loc-quality-issue-comment="should be 'quality'">qulaity</span> with his instrument, a standard that would not only satisfy listeners but that |
| would overcome all the flaws of traditional instruments.</p> |
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