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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
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
c1910s Horn Gramophone - Phonograph with Polyphon Concert Soundbox, Oak case
Located in Skien, NO
Antique Primitive Horn Gramophone – Phonograph with Polyphon Concert Soundbox
This exquisite
Category
Early 20th Century German Arts and Crafts Musical Instruments
Materials
Metal, Steel, Iron
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
Handcrafted Golden First Gramophone Model after Emil Berliner 1887, Germany
Located in Hannover, DE
handcrafted model of the first gramophone, elaborately crafted and true to detail despite its simplicity
Category
Vintage 1960s German Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate
