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Listowel Vintage Wireless Museum is a private collection of wireless, phonographs, gramophones and other memorabilia from 1880's to the 1950's
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Plenty sporting events on this weekend. Back in the day , you'd have to make sure the wet battery was charged up & ready for the radio broadcasts.
Timeline Photos
Guglielmo Marconi, the Irish Connection
The Sound Gallery
From Slip Disc to Compact Disc to no disc !
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Events to mark anniversary of transatlantic cable
We have a piece of this transatlantic cable on display in Listowel Vintage Wireless Museum
Newstalk and other radio stations to commeorate 100 years since the first ever radio broadcast in Ireland this evening
1916 Irish Rebellion morse code broadcast
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the first ever broadcast from Ireland. The morse code message transmitted was... "Irish Republic declared in Dublin today. Irish troops have captured city and are in full possession. Enemy cannot move in city. The whole country rising." https://youtu.be/Oym9j_oRscg
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Globetrotters.... This is how they advertised radios 90 years ago. Here's an advert from sept 1926 edition of wireless world. Melodies from Madrid, tunes from Vienna , songs from Rome & pipes from Scotland. Pick up a "programme as his mood dictates" Just like Spotify really ?!
Stroh violin
The Stroh Violin (Phono-Fiddle) In the early 20th century music recordings,the sounds made by a performer had to be directed at a single large horn. Those of a standard violin were not loud enough to offer good recordings.A Stroh violin amplifies the sound through a metal resonator and metal horn rather than a wooden sound box as on a standard violin. The instrument is named after the German designer, Johannes Matthias Stroh (B.1828, D1914). He invented it in 1899 and patented it in March 1900. In recent years, these rare violins gained attention as musician Tom Waits used a 'Stroh violin' on his recordings to add a voluminous sound. Many thanks to Maura Walsh, Lixnaw for playing the tune on this Stroh Violin.
The weather obliged today, so we set up an 'outside broadcast'! #gramophone #ob 'His Masters Voice' record Song 'Star of the County Down'
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