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
Both Gaga and Lamar have five previous nominations for album of the year, but neither has ever lifted the coveted gold gramophone in that category.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
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
We listened to the gramophone instead, and longed every day for the war to be over, for Papi to be home again with us.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
