He took a bite of music.

These are bite marks. They might be from inventor Thomas Edison. (AP/Michael Hill)
Robert Friedman bought the piano. (AP/Michael Hill)
Thomas Edison bit pianos. That helped him hear the music. (AP/Michael Hill)
This photo of Thomas Edison was taken on his 73rd birthday. (AP)
Thomas Edison poses with a phonograph. Those machines play music. (Public domain)

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Mr. E got older. His ears did not hear well. He came up with a way to hear music.

He bit his piano! Sounds can go through your jaw and up to your ears.

Pray: Thank God for helping us hear. It is a gift to listen to words and music.

Read More: Thomas Edison was a famous inventor. He made the first phonograph (now called a record player) in 1877. He bought a piano 13 years later. He bit phonographs and pianos so he could hear music. His piano has teeth marks on it! Sounds waves make vibrations. Ears and jaw bones are connected by ligaments. Vibrations can reach our ear bones through our teeth.

The Bible teaches us to listen for God’s Spirit. “Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it.’” (Isaiah 30:21)