Gramophone (flat disc record)
Gramófono y disco plano
- Date
- 1887 · confidence high
- Place
- Washington, D.C., United States
- Credited to
- Emile Berliner
- People
- 👤 Emile Berliner1851–1929
- Field
- Communication
What it is
A player for flat discs recorded laterally, which could be stamped in series from a master. It made it possible to manufacture thousands of identical copies of a recording.
What it led to
- Industrial production of recorded music (Victor, HMV, Deutsche Grammophon)
- A global market for musical hits
- The standardisation of the 78 rpm disc and later vinyl
Built on
Made possible
- Vinyl record
- Radiogram (radio-gramophone)
- Jukebox