1887

The German-American inventor Emile Berliner introduced a new system for recording and playing sound in 1887.
Unlike the phonograph with cylinders, the gramophone used a flat circular disc.
Sound was stored in lateral grooves on the surface of the record.
A stylus and acoustic horn converted these grooves back into audible sound.
One major advantage was the easy duplication of recordings.
Using pressing techniques, identical discs could be produced in large quantities.
This made industrial music production possible for the first time.
Records could now be sold, distributed and heard around the world.
The gramophone quickly became a popular entertainment device in homes and cafés.
Berliner’s invention laid the foundation for the global record industry.
It shaped the music business well into the 20th century.vynález ovlivnil hudební průmysl hluboko do 20. století.