gramophones
Antique music machines
Gramophones are early record players—devices that play sound recordings from rotating discs.
The word is dated in American English, where phonograph and then record player replaced it, but remains current in British English.
My grandmother's gramophone still works.
The term evokes the horn-shaped speaker of early twentieth-century machines.
Rotating music player
- needlePointed implement for sewing
- stylusPointed implement for marking
- hornPointed animal headgear
- cylinderCircular-based solid form
shellac · 78s · wax · acoustic · diaphragm · soundbox · crank · winding
Old valued collectible
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- parlorFormal room for visitors
- VictorianOf a prim era
Edwardian · mahogany · cabinet · brass · patina · restoration · auction · heirloom
turntable
Rotating music player
cylinder · shellac · 78s · wax · acoustic · diaphragm · soundbox · crank · winding · Victrola
antique
Old valued collectible
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- parlorFormal room for visitors
Victorian · Edwardian · mahogany · cabinet · brass · patina · restoration · auction · heirloom · ornate
jazz
Improvisational American music genre
ballroom · dance · crooners · big band · vinyl · records · blues · swing · Charleston · music hall
crackle
Sharp snapping sounds
warm · resonance · fidelity · acoustic · analog · hiss · pop · authentic · rich · mellow
- analog technologyanalog clocks, analog clock, analog computers, film cameras, analog meter
- antiquesantiques, antique furniture, antique, antique coins, Greek vases
- obsolete media8-track, Betamax, cassette tapes, floppy disks, LaserDisc
- vintage techvintage cameras, transistor radios, vacuum tubes, turntables, typewriters
- nostalgic itemssepia tones, handwritten notes, antiques, heirlooms, lockets
- Troop Moralemorale boosters, morale boosting, troop morale, USO, USO shows
gramophonesMP3 players
Portable digital audio devices
iPods · streaming services · Spotify · Apple Music · smartphones
gramophonesWalkmans
Sony's portable tape players
iPods · earbuds · headphones · smartphones · boomboxes
- gramophone recordsAnalog audio discs