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What were gramophones used for?
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Gramophones were used to play recorded music. The Volta Laboratory owned by Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell introduced the predecessor to the device, the graphophone, in the 1880s. Emile Berliner invented the first gramophone in the 1890s. It played small flat discs with spiral grooves. On 1stDibs, find a selection of gramophones.
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Rare Gramophone Made for the Gramophone Exhibition in Seville in 1925
Located in Madrid, ES
A very unique and rare gramophone made by a Seville jewller for the Gramophone Exhibition in
Category
20th Century Spanish Islamic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
French Gramophone Pendant Light
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A very creative repurposing of an antique phonograph horn, this French pendant light fixture is an inverted speaker, now wired to hold a single bulb. The diffuser of the lamp is an e...
Category
20th Century French Other Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Wire
“Pathé Olotonal” Portable Gramophone – 1930
Located in HÉRIC, FR
The Pathé Olotonal portable gramophone is a true gem for vintage music lovers.
Designed to play 78
Category
Vintage 1930s French Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Vintage Decorative gramophone horn in wood
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Decorative gramophone horn in wood
Antique - Decoration - Phonograph
Materials : Wood - Metal
Wear
Category
20th Century Industrial Musical Instruments
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century English Hand-Cranked Gramophone With Records, 1930s
Located in Palermo, IT
Mid-Century English hand-cranked gramophone with records, 1930s
Intact and in good condition
Category
Vintage 1930s British Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Gramophone Cabinet Designed by Jindřich Halabala, 1950's
By Jindřich Halabala
Located in Praha, CZ
- Made in Czechoslovakia
- Made of wood, veneer
- Good, original condition
- The record player is spinning
- Has signs of use.
Category
Vintage 1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Wood
