Ku dhammee weedhan soo socota: Soo bandhigida telefoonka badhtamihii 1870-yadii waxaa ka mid ahaa bandhigyo badan oo ku saabsan isticmaalkiisa gudbinta riwaayadaha muusikada masaafooyin kala duwan. Tusaale ahaan, Clément Ader wuxuu ku diyaariyey qol dhagaystayaal ah oo ku yaalla
1881 Paris Electrical Exhibition, halkaas oo ka soo qayb galayaashu ay ku dhagaysan karaan bandhigyo, oo ku jira qalabka muusikada, oo ka socda Paris Grand Opera. Fikradda ayaa sidoo kale ka soo muuqatay Edward Bellamy oo saamayn ku leh 1888 riwaayad utopic ah, "Backward Looking: 2000-1887", taas oo saadaalisay madadaalo maqal ah oo loo diray khadadka taleefanka ee guryaha gaarka loo leeyahay.