why really old voice audio recordings sound like the person speaking had helium?

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why really old voice audio recordings sound like the person speaking had helium?

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Context.

Like wax cylinder recordings?

Probably because the rotational speed of the cylinder wasn’t perfectly precise (similar to hand cranked movie cameras), so when played back it’s easy to “overcrank” (play it too fast) it making the pitches go up.

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