Gramophone by HMV, 1897

Made:
1897 in England
maker:
H.M.V.
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Early H.M.V. Gramophone, 1897.
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Early H.M.V. Gramophone, 1897.

The first consumer device to play back recorded sound was the phonograph. It played wax or tinfoil cylinders. The gramophone, developed by the German inventor Emile Berliner in 1888, played flat discs instead of cylinders. This model featured in the trademark of the Gramophone Company and its record label, HMV: a painting of a dog called Nipper sitting next to a gramophone listening to ‘his master’s voice’.

Details

Category:
Sound Reproduction
Object Number:
1925-461/1
Materials:
wood (unidentified) and metal (unknown)
type:
gramophone
credit:
Capt. W.H. France.

Parts

Base for Gramophone by HMV, 1897

Base with attached turntable, and mechanism handle from H.M.V. Gramophone, 1897.

Measurements:
overall: 190 mm x 460 mm x 255 mm, 3.88 kg
Materials:
wood (unidentified) and metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1925-461/1/1
type:
base
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The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Horn for Gramophone by HMV, 1897

Horn from H.M.V. Gramophone, 1897.

Measurements:
overall: 270 mm x 442 mm x 320 mm, .34 kg
Materials:
metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1925-461/1/2
type:
gramophone horn
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The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Horn support bracket for gramophone by HMV, 1897

Horn support bracket from H.M.V. Gramophone, 1897.

Measurements:
overall: 70 mm x 300 mm x 40 mm, .1 kg
Materials:
wood (unidentified) and metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1925-461/1/3
type:
bracket
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The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Sound-box for Gramophone by HMV, 1897

Sound-box from H.M.V. Gramophone, 1897.

Measurements:
overall: 60 mm x 140 mm x 80 mm, .1 kg
Materials:
metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1925-461/1/4
type:
gramophone sound-box
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The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum