gramophone
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In 1887 German-American inventor Emile Berliner invented the flat shellac disk, quickly saw its advantage for mass production, and patented a device to play them, the gramophone, that same year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
Bad Bunny, who won the Album of the Year prize a week ago, presented the child -- perhaps a younger version of himself -- with a golden gramophone.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
The original presenter was Franklin Engelmann, who played "a selection from the top shelf of current popular gramophone records".
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2024
Some elements of the stage – like the gramophone in the middle – will remain the same.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
A hand somewhere struck the gramophone arm and sent the silver needle on its way through the whirling, black grooves, like something bobbing, anchorless, in the middle of the sea.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
