The Wax Cylinder Machine is a Mechanist tool developed by Karras similar to a Voice Machine.[1] It is used to make audio recordings on brown wax cylinders, which seem to act like vinyl records.
Wax Cylinder[]
The Wax Cylinder.
The Wax Cylinder is a hollow tube of semi-soft brown wax used in the Wax Cylinder Machine. Information is imprinted on the outer surface of the tube to be played on the Mechanist phonograph.
Known Recordings[]
Blackheard's Recording[]
The recording of the unpublished work of Blackheart, a musician operating in Building A of Rampone Dockside Shipping.[2]
Sheriff Truart[]
The recording of the incriminating speech of Sheriff Truart made by Karras in the Thief II: The Metal Age mission "Eavesdropping",[1] which Garrett must retrieve from the First City Bank and Trust.[3]
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Behind the Scenes[]
This is based on an actual device created by Thomas Edison that at one time rivaled the disk-shaped records.[4]