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  1. Three vinyl records of different formats, from left to right: a 12 inch LP, a 10 inch LP, a 7 inch single. A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English), a vinyl record (for later varieties only), or simply a record or vinyl is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.

  2. The most common diameter sizes for gramophone records are 12-inch, 10-inch, and 7-inch (300 mm, 250 mm, and 180 mm). [1] Early American shellac records were all 7-inch until 1901, when 10-inch records were introduced. 12-inch records joined them in 1903. [2] By 1910, other sizes were retired and nearly all discs were either 10-inch or 12-inch ...

  3. Feb 29, 2020 · The gramophone was the transition to modern turntables and record players. It was different from the prior record player inventions because of two things. First, the gramophone changed the way recording operated. From a spinning cylinder, records were then played through flat discs which were more portable than the cylindrical ones.

  4. Nov 5, 2021 · The turntable spun at a standard 78 rotations per minute (RPM)—at least in theory—to create recordings of about 3 minutes per side. This is how early gramophone records came to be nicknamed ‘78s’. Once cut, the wax discs—now ‘masters’—were returned to the record factory for inspection and processing.

  5. In 1889, a German immigrant to the U.S. named Emile Berliner introduced a commercial version of the record player he had been developing since about 1887. By 1894, it was for sale in the US as we.. The player used a disk instead of a cylinder (although Edison, Tainter, Cros, and others had anticipated the use of the disk).

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