I Am Astounded ... At The Wonderful Power You Have Developed - And Terrified At The Thought That So Much Hideous And Bad Music May Be Put On Record Forever.

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I am astounded ... at the wonderful power you have developed - and terrified
at the thought that so much hideous and bad music may be put on record
forever.
-- Arthur Sullivan,
-- on seeing a demonstration of Edison's new talking machine in 1888

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