There’s a man who can read songs on record grooves.

Dr. Arthur Lintgen can determine which piece of classical music is on a record just by looking at it. His knowledge of classical music goes back as far as Beethoven, so anything by Beethoven or afterward he can identify by the record grooves. By looking at the spacing and contour of the grooves, Lintgen can figure out the number of movements in a piece, the length of each movement, and how loud they all are. From that, he can accurately pick out which piece he’s reading.
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