Graphophone

Graphophone
A Columbia "Precision" Graphophone, a cylinder model sold in France, 1901
ClassificationPhonograph
IndustryMusic
ApplicationSound recording and reproduction
InventorAlexander Graham Bell
Charles Sumner Tainter
Chichester Bell
Invented1886 (138 years ago) (1886)

The Graphophone was the name and trademark of an improved version of the phonograph. It was invented at the Volta Laboratory established by Alexander Graham Bell in Washington, D.C., United States.

Its trademark usage was acquired successively by the Volta Graphophone Company, the American Graphophone Company, the North American Phonograph Company, and finally by the Columbia Phonograph Company (known today as Columbia Records), all of which either produced or sold Graphophones.