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Museums preserve wax cylinders from 1890. But we may lose the ability to accurately play a MIDI file from 1998 because of IP law and a lack of corporate will.

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In the museum wing of the studio, behind glass, people came to hear recorded sessions of the device. Children tapped the case; older visitors closed their eyes. Some swore they could map the city from the sound: a corner store, a lost umbrella, a train arriving late. Musicians still sampled its tones, not to replicate but to remind themselves that sometimes a bug is the truest instrument. Museums preserve wax cylinders from 1890

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