[D8818APD], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to Harlan Hoge Ballard, July 14th, 1888
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[D8818APD], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to Harlan Hoge Ballard, July 14th, 1888
Editor's Notes
Your letter 12th inst. has been received. There are many uses to which the Phonograph can be put when it is ready to go before the public. TAE has perfected the instrument so that all sounds can be reproduced, no matter what their nature may be. The control of the commercial part of the Phonograph will be vested in those who undertake the exploitation of the instrument. It is impossible for TAE to give personal attention to this side of the question. Your suggestion, which is doubtless excellent, is only one of a great number of suggestions which could be made in regard to the many uses to which the Phonograph could be put. In fact, one's imagination is hardly capable of discovering all the fields of usefulness for the Phonograph, and it is only when the instument reaches the hands of the public and its capabilities become generally known that these will be found.
Author
Recipient
Date
1888-07-14
Type
Folder/Volume ID
D8818-F
Microfilm ID
122:434
Document ID
D8818APD
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University