The phonograph and the gramophone

Form

THE PHONOGRAPH

• The phonograph had a disk reading needle
• "Gramophone" can be applied to any record player
• It has a (usually gold) horn
• A lid was opened to access the record
• Put in the record
• Wind up a lever and the music plays

PHONOGRAPH II

• The options were:78 rpm (rotations per minute),45 rpm, 33rpm
• Thomas Edison made the phonograph in 1877
• First record was "Mary had a little lamb"
• Thomas Edison was known as the "Wizard of Menlo Park"

Change

Phonograph evolution

• First version was the 1877 tinfoil phonograph
• In 1888 a talking machine that recorded and played back sound was patented by Emile Berliner
• The gramophone had a needle that moved from side to side
• In the cylinder phonograph, the stylus (needle) moved up and down (hill-and-dale movement)

Phonograph evolution II

• With 1 take, the gramophone pressed thousands of copies
• To make 500 copies, the phonograph used 25 takes
• The gramophone was cheaper

Connection

Electricity

• The gramophone uses electricity in most of its models
• The electricity was also invented by Thomas Alva Edison

Records

• Phonograph has same principles as a record player
• The records are the same format

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