Berliner Gramophone
Berliner Gramophone
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- Object Name
- Phonograph
- gramophone
- date made
- ca 1888
- maker
- Berliner Gramophone Company
- Physical Description
- metal (part: turntable material)
- wood (part: base material)
- tin (part: mouthpiece material)
- Measurements
- turntable - from catalog card: 11 1/2 in; x 29.21 cm
- wheel - from catalog card: 4 in; x 10.16 cm
- base - from catalog card: 13 in x 15 1/2 in; x 33.02 cm x 39.37 cm
- projectile - from catalog card: 11 1/2 in; x 29.21 cm
- horn - from catalog card: 23 1/2 in; x 59.69 cm
- mouthpiece - from catalog card: 12 1/2 in; x 31.75 cm
- overall - horn stand: 41 1/8 in x 6 1/2 in x 3 7/8 in; 104.4575 cm x 16.51 cm x 9.8425 cm
- overall - horn: 23 in x 12 7/8 in; 58.42 cm x 32.7025 cm
- overall - phonograph: 7 5/8 in x 16 in x 25 1/4 in; 19.3675 cm x 40.64 cm x 64.135 cm
- ID Number
- ME.271716
- catalog number
- 271716
- accession number
- 53352
- Credit Line
- Emile Berliner
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mechanisms
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Exhibition
- America's Listening
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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