phonographs
Vinyl spinning machines
Phonographs is the plural of phonograph, a device that plays sound recordings from grooved discs or cylinders.
The phonograph was the dominant technology for home music from the early twentieth century until cassettes and compact discs displaced it.
My grandmother's attic still had a collection of old phonographs.
The word now sounds dated; most people say record player.
Disc-playing sound machine
- turntableRotating music player
- stylusPointed implement for marking
- needlePointed implement for sewing
- hornPointed animal headgear
cylinder · disc · Edison · Victrola · shellac · 78rpm · acoustic · soundbox
Prolific American inventor
- BerlinerCapital city resident
- inventionNew device or method
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
- acousticRelating to sound
mechanical · cylinder · tinfoil · 1877 · Victorian · industrial · innovation · Columbia
Old valued collectible
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- parlorFormal room for visitors
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- VictrolaEarly record player brand
cabinet · mahogany · heirloom · restoration · patina · auction · estate · memorabilia
gramophone
Disc-playing sound machine
horn · cylinder · disc · Edison · Victrola · shellac · 78rpm · acoustic · soundbox · diaphragm
Edison
Prolific American inventor
acoustic · mechanical · cylinder · tinfoil · 1877 · Victorian · industrial · innovation · Columbia · RCA
antique
Old valued collectible
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- parlorFormal room for visitors
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
Victrola · cabinet · mahogany · heirloom · restoration · patina · auction · estate · memorabilia · curio
records
Stored data or albums
jazz · ragtime · opera · crooner · big band · classical · blues · orchestral · vaudeville · waltz
- analog technologyanalog clocks, analog clock, analog computers, film cameras, analog meter
- antiquesantiques, antique furniture, antique, antique coins, Greek vases
- Early 1900sroaring twenties, flapper, jazz, speakeasy, prohibition
- obsolete media8-track, Betamax, cassette tapes, floppy disks, gramophones
- Retrovintage, retro, throwback, record players, old-school
- Roaring Twentiesflappers, Charleston, speakeasies, jazz age, Prohibition
phonographsstreaming services
On-demand video delivery platforms
Spotify · MP3 players · iPods · smartphones · digital audio
- phonograph recordGrooved disc holding audio