Polyphon

Polyphon
A Polyphon
Founded1887; 137 years ago (1887)
Distributor(s)Self-distributed (worldwide)
GenreVarious
Country of originGermany
LocationLeipzig, Berlin
A Polyphon playing "Silent Night" (the music starts 68 seconds into the video)
A 1905 Polyphon

A Polyphon is a disc-playing music box. The machine was invented in 1870; it was first manufactured by the Polyphon Musikwerke, in Leipzig, Germany, full-scale production having started about 1896 and continuing into the early 20th century. Polyphons were exported all over the world; music was supplied for the English, French, German markets, as well as further afield, with pieces cataloged for the Russian, Polish, and Balkan regions. Polyphon is also a record label as registered by German Polyphon Musikwerke AG in 1908. Polyphon traded under the Polydor label since 1913 with their trademarks Polyphon Musik and Polyphon Record.[1]

  1. ^ Grammophon Portal