gramophone
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In 1887 German-American inventor Emile Berliner invented the flat shellac disk, quickly saw its advantage for mass production, and patented a device to play them, the gramophone, that same year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
Bad Bunny, who won the Album of the Year prize a week ago, presented the child -- perhaps a younger version of himself -- with a golden gramophone.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
There’s an ongoing bet within the group: If Grupo Frontera wins an American Grammy, Juan Javier Cantu, the group’s accordion player and secondary vocalist, will tattoo a gramophone somewhere on his person.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
The original presenter was Franklin Engelmann, who played "a selection from the top shelf of current popular gramophone records".
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2024
“I’d just tuck the microphone into the bell of the gramophone, and voila.”
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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