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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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Gramophone Sculpture
Located in Rio de Janeiro, BR
Handmade Steel Sculpture
This series of vintage objects, created by artist Roberto Romero, is part of his personal journey as an itinerant artist who has traveled the world. Each pi...
Category
2010s Brazilian Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Metallic Thread
$1,200
French Compagnie Française Du Gramophone Early Oak Hand Crank Gramophone & Disc
Located in Big Flats, NY
The gramophone is signed with the mark of Compagnie Française Du Gramophone, visible as a cherub-like figure seated on a disc.
Category
Early 20th Century Musical Instruments
Materials
Oak
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 Seville in 1925 in wich was awarded with a silver medal.It was bought by General Norrio,w...
Category
20th Century Spanish Islamic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau Furniture with Gramophone English, 20th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Gramophone from "The Gramophone Co. Ltd".
Signs of use.
Category
20th Century English Art Deco Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Soviet Blue Portable Suitcase Gramophone by Artel Grammophon Leningrand
Located in Beirut, LB
An extraordinary piece of mid-century Soviet audio heritage, this portable hand-cranked "suitcase" gramophone was produced in Leningrad during the post-WWII reconstruction period by ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Russian Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Materials
Steel
Vintage Maitland Smith Brass & Wood Gramophone Birdcage Decorative Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer this distinctive Maitland-Smith decorative box, designed in the form of a classical gramophone, circa late 20th century. Crafted with a richly finished w...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
