to other inventions. So, it falls to others to improve the technology: engineer Charles Sumner Tainter and chemist Chichester Bell, the cousin of Alexander ... Like Edison, whose phonograph Berliner has studied closely, for recording purposes he uses a sound funnel, a membrane and a needle which inscribes the sounds ... Enrico Caruso sings ten tracks, which are recorded by Berliner’s sound engineer, Fred Gaisberg. Caruso’s recordings are a smash hit, prompting other famous