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

Gilded gramophone in hand or not, Montenegro views the nomination alone as a symbol of the group’s personal growth.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2025

The original presenter was Franklin Engelmann, who played "a selection from the top shelf of current popular gramophone records".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2024

He led a ghostlike existence between the tiny, dark shop and an even tinier back kitchen where he prepared his meals and which contained, among other things, an unbelievably ancient gramophone with an enormous horn.

From "1984" by George Orwell