phonograph

In his downtime he would travel by horse and buggy across Pennsylvania and neighboring states with what he called his "exhibition": a new-fangled Edison phonograph, a magic lantern slide projector and later on, movies.

From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026

It was also one of the first songs ever recorded, and the tune with which Thomas Edison’s phonograph was introduced to the London press on Aug. 14, 1888.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026

These funds were used to purchase local books, periodicals, phonograph records, and "other media" in multiple Indian languages, enriching collections at over two dozen universities.

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2024

Ms. Stoneman made her mark in 1957 with her driving instrumental version of “Lonesome Road Blues,” which made her the first woman to play modern bluegrass banjo on a phonograph record.

From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2024

A big old radio filled a dark corner, and on top of it was a cheap suitcase phonograph.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

In the home, a rich family might have one of the new phonographs that played music stored on wax cylinders, but most families were still making their own music, using sheet music or songbooks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026

But he was known to bite into phonographs and pianos to help him experience music as his hearing faded.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2022

In experiments with phonographs, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy prefigured musique concrète and the work of John Cage.

From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2019

After all, even Sousa, who warned that phonographs would harm babies, eventually allowed his music to be recorded.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2018

Here everything was colors to me: the red clang of the streetcars, blue music from phonographs, silver laughter of people.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli