phonograph
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The phonograph and the player piano together brought technological musical reproduction into the home in the early 1900s.
“My mother played opera on the phonograph for me,” Vivian replied.
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It was also one of the first songs ever recorded, and the tune with which Thomas Edison’s phonograph was introduced to the London press on Aug. 14, 1888.
A few years ago, Mr. Edison invented an amazing machine called a phonograph.
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These funds were used to purchase local books, periodicals, phonograph records, and "other media" in multiple Indian languages, enriching collections at over two dozen universities.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.