@tempestinstruments: The Lost Voice of Alexander Graham Bell For more than a century, nobody knew what Alexander Graham Bell actually sounded like. Then researchers recovered a fragile recording from 1885, scanned it without touching it, and heard Bell identify himself in his own voice. I make videos about the strange history of sound, music, and recording technology. I also made a free orchestral blending instrument called SONA/CHROMA. Check it out here: https://tempest.audio/sonachroma/ #AlexanderGrahamBell #SoundHistory #AudioHistory #MusicHistory #RecordingHistory #Telephone #LostMedia #DidYouKnow #History #Audio
notice "GRAY-ham" I love to notice how language shifts
2026-08-23 03:12:25
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Lee 🌽 Carter :
so this mf invented an analog CD
2026-08-22 19:23:43
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ugdo37 :
isn't there a famous recording of him reading Mary had a little lamb
2026-08-23 05:35:56
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Yoddah :
Antonio Meucci invented the telephone but couldn't afford the fee for a permanent patent. Bell paid the fee and got listed as the inventor.
2026-08-24 12:04:11
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Phil🇮🇱 :
"I'm trying to reach you about your horse's extended warranty"
2026-08-24 00:40:30
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Dimension W :
That’s the Atlantic accent
2026-08-22 17:57:00
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magnolia💮 :
AUDIO GEEK HERE! This is like personally targeted niche content! I am literally so stoked. Immediate follow! I knew some of this story, but not everything.
2026-08-23 20:07:47
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Bonka :
Fun fact: when he invented the telephone AGB felt he needed to create a greeting, he went with “Ahoy!”, Thomas Edison challenged this greeting with his own, “Hello” and his won by popularity.
2026-08-24 06:40:38
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Zev :
I didn’t expect him to pronounce “Graham” like that!
2026-08-21 11:05:27
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Daddle :
Curious how he pronounces Graham as Grayam.
2026-08-21 08:17:16
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Naya DelSol :
Now can this be done with thought waves?
2026-08-23 00:53:18
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ADHDville Podcast | Martin :
Bell’s handwriting is the same as mine 😂
2026-08-21 13:28:00
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GHHS1986 :
Sooooo cool!
2026-08-25 18:16:22
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MtnDewMelvin :
That voice is so crazy. There’s a recording of LDS Prophet Wilford Woodruff that sounds very similar.
2026-08-23 05:11:17
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Facetious Phil :
That sounds exactly what I pictured as his voice. 😆
2026-08-22 12:53:40
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AdHdAdX3 :
So we have been saying his name wrong all this time..
2026-08-23 19:57:57
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Carly 🪷 :
AG Bells wife was deaf which motivated his work to make sound accessible
2026-08-23 05:10:29
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BBQDeveloper :
that's how sound on most motion picture film works as well, the soundtrack is physically printed alongside the images
2026-08-23 01:58:37
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M a T T y 😎☀️🌴⛱️ :
EXCELLENT ! I heard AGB’s voice from the 1800’s in 2026 at 65+ years old before I pass on!! EXCELLENT!! Thank you.
2026-08-24 22:21:29
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tempestinstruments :
Quick historical note: a lot of people contributed to the development of the telephone, including Antonio Meucci, Johann Philipp Reis, Elisha Gray, Lewis Latimer, and others.
One especially fascinating detail: Elisha Gray filed a patent caveat for his telephone design on the exact same day Bell filed his patent application, February 14, 1876.
So while calling Bell “the inventor of the telephone” is conventional shorthand, the real history is much messier than one person having a single clean claim.
I’ve also received some genuinely alarming hate emails over the Meucci/Bell debate. Historical corrections and disagreement are completely welcome. Racist, religious, or abusive messages are not.
If you have evidence or a source that adds to the history, please share it. I’m always interested in getting the story as right as possible.
2026-08-23 10:24:09
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Sarahs📚booksandhobbies💎 :
everyone talking about his pronunciation, but I assumed he was just enunciating
2026-08-23 18:27:01
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PWW :
I named my kid's middle name "Alexander" after A G B
2026-08-23 04:36:03
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sharpen_the_blade :
This is extremely cool! Thanks for sharing 👍🏼👍🏼
2026-08-22 23:14:01
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Yiya :
he sounded northeast American to me
2026-08-22 21:51:11
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