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Ancient Sound from a Vase

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--- Quote ---It seems that pottery all over the world contains sound in its groves, picked up naturally as the pots were made, in much the same way that an old wax recording was made.
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--- Quote from: Marie ---A personal idea: what if the way this worked had something to do with the way old gramophones work? I am thinking of the system of grooves that allow a gramophone /old record player to "read" vinyl discs? It seems to fit to me, as the stick the potter recorded this with may have acted as a recording needle, and it would be "under the surface", as in under the paint.
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That's the principle, and if it works for wax and a needle, why not for clay and a sharp stick, or thinner paint and a brush? Certainly worthy of archeological exploration, and not thrown into the bin marked "tin foil hat theories".

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