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Phonograph

A phonograph, later called a gramophone, and since the 1940s a record player, or more recently a turntable, is a device for the mechanical and analogue reproduction of sound.

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Terminology

Early history

Improvements at the Volta Laboratory

Disc vs. cylinder as a recording medium

Dominance of the disc record

Turntable designs

Arm systems

Pickup systems

Stylus

Equalization

Contemporary use and models

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Phonograph

Nodes170
Edges169
Triples264
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011765
Components1

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Phonograph

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related to Further reading · 54
Phonograph → Allen, Annual Report, APM Press, Bibliography, Board, Bruil, Burt, Carson, CEC, Century, Collier, Experimental Turntablism, First Collier Books, Gelatt, Historical, ISBN, January, July, June, Karin
related to External links · 43
Phonograph → AlignmentProtractor, Analogue Dept, Arc Protractor, Archived, Art, Berliner Sound, Birth, British Library Archived, California, Choosing, Cylinder, Department, Digitization Project, Edison, Edison PhonographMario Frazzetto's Phonograph, EditionListen, Engine, Enjoy, Essay, Excerpts
related to The early phonographs · 20
Phonograph → Chicago Daily Tribune, Edison, February, Good, He, Herman Klein, His, How, In December, It, July, May, November, On, Recording, Scientific American, The, Thomas Edison, US Patent, When
related to Graphophone commercialization · 17
Phonograph → After, Alexandria, American Graphophone, American Graphophone Company, City, Columbia Records, Dictaphone, February, In, It, January, March, Philadelphia, The Volta Graphophone Company, Virginia, Volta Associates, Washington
related to Australia · 16
Phonograph → Alex Sutherland, August, Australia, British English, Consonants, In Australian English, Indicated, June, November, On, Royal Society, Society's, Society's Honorary Secretary, The, The Sounds, Victoria
related to First all-transistor phonograph · 16
Phonograph → After, In, June, Philco, Philco's, PNP, Radio, Television News, The, The October, The Wall Street Journal, Their, TPA, TPA-1, TPA-2, Transistor Phonograph Amplifier
related to Volta Graphophone · 14
Phonograph → Chichester Bell, Edison, Europe, Graphophone, Horatio, July, Later, Most, One, Tainter, The, There, Volta Lab, While
related to Disc vs. cylinder as a recording medium · 13
Phonograph → Berliner, Berliner's, Discs, Edison, Eldridge, His, Johnson, Rather, Seven-inch, The, They, Through, Work
related to Introduction of the disc record · 12
Phonograph → African-American, Before, By, George Washington Johnson, However, Reportedly, Sometimes, The, The Laughing Song, The Whistling Coon, Until, While
related to Oldest surviving recordings · 11
Phonograph → American, April, Au, Handel's, June, Lambert's, London, Recently, The, The Crystal Palace, Wax

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record sound stylus recording records first disc turntable groove used gramophone made recordings early use edison machine patent device 1877

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Phonographrelated to AustraliaIn Australian English0.60section
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Phonographrelated to AustraliaAustralia0.60section
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Phonographrelated to AustraliaSociety's Honorary Secretary0.60section
Phonographrelated to AustraliaAlex Sutherland0.60section
Phonographrelated to AustraliaThe Sounds0.60section
Phonographrelated to AustraliaConsonants0.60section
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