When were record players made?

Answer 1

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A device used to record sound was invented in 1877 by Thomas Alva Edison - the first generally known machine to record and play back sounds. The first recording medium was a foil-covered cylinder which recorded vibrations of sound that were focused by a horn-like device onto a diaphragm; the diaphragm vibrated and transmitted the vibrations to a stylus (needle), which etched a helical groove in the foil surface of the rotating cylinder. The sound could then be played back as a needle went along the groove and reversed the process, making the diaphragm vibrate, reproducing the original sound. The first recording was of Edison himself reciting, "Mary had a little lamb."

Charles Sumner Tainter (an associate of Alexander Graham Bell) improved the cylinders by making them out of wax. This cylinder style machine evolved into the "Dictaphone", used mostly by administrators for dictating material to be transcribed into hard-copy text by secretaries. The Dictaphone was still in use in the early 1950's.

The first flat, circular record was invented in 1887 by Emile Berliner (1851-1929), a German-born American inventor, who also devised the "gramophone" to play his disks. Berliner's records were originally made of glass, then zinc, and later, hard rubber. He founded Deutsche Grammophon, and Britain's Gramophone Co., Ltd.

Thomas Edison attempted to compete with the Berliner Gramaphone by designing a disk type machine of his own which played flat, very thick disks on a machine whose stylus tracked by a mechanical drive rather than being drawn across the surface in the spiral grooves. He was not successful, but his machines are highly collectible today.

By 1915, records rotated at a standard 78-rpm (rotations per minute) and were made of shellac, a very fragile substance, making these 10 or 12 inch disks - holding about 4 minutes of sound - readily breakable.

The long-playing record (the LP) was invented in 1948 at Columbia Records, was 10 or 12 inches in diameter and played at 33 1/3 rpm. The LP was made from flexible plastic vinyl (vinylite). Using new microgrooves, these records recorded over 20 minutes of sound. In 1949, 7-inch, 45-rpm records were introduced.

So: Emil Berliner is considered to be the originator of the sound reproducing tool which has evolved into the modern stylus-equipped record player. Along the way, the "wire recorder" and the magnetic-tape recorder came into being. Contemporary electronic/digital technology has provided the next step in the evolution of sound reproduction. Edison's cylinder and disk, Berliner's disk, and the wire recorder have all reached an evolutionary dead end.

Answer 2

In 1877, Thomas Edison (1847-1931) invented the phonograph, which originally used cylinders of metal or wax. The first true "record player" using disks was the "gramophone" patented by German-American inventor Emile Berliner in 1888..... I hope this is enough....??

Answer 3

Creation of Vinyl RecordThe vinyl record was developed as a new use for vinyl in 1948 by Columbia Records.

^^^Actually, no. It was invented by Thomas Edison in 1877, as the phonograph. The first vinyl disc was made in 1887, but with the radio, the depression, and other factors, the record player didn't become popular until the 1940's.

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Vinyl was invented in the 1870's, not patented until a practical production method was developed almost 40 years later, and not considered a useful material commercially until perfected by the Goodrich Company in the 1920's.

Edison's phonograph used a cylinder with a foil like tin covering. It could both record and reproduce sounds. In 1887 Berliner invented the first gramophone, which also used a cylinder, but in 1888 he introduced the first lateral cut disc. but it used a brittle shellac covered material. The first use of vinyl discs was in the mid 1930's by RCA. It was a financial failure after a few years partly due to the expense of vinyl during the depression. During WWII it found somewhat limited use, when shellac was in short supply. Vinyl was still cost prohibitive, but it was much less brittle than the material it replaced... very important at the time since records were being shipped in vast quantities to our troops overseas. So although vinyl was available in the early 20th century, it did not become the best choice for records until after the war in 1948 when Columbia Records reintroduced it, as the cost of production had became more reasonable.

Answer 4

The first record player was invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison. At that time the records were cylindrical shaped, but soon were replaced by flat disks.

Answer 5

They are also called Phonographs and were invented by Thomas Edison in 1877.

Answer 6

It was invented in the 1970s.