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Berliner Records
Berliner Gramophone – its discs identified with an etched-in "E. Berliner's Gramophone" as the logo – was the first (and for nearly ten years the only) disc record label in the world. Its records were played on Emile Berliner's invention, the Gramophone, which competed with the wax cylinder–playing phonographs that were more common in the 1890s and could record. History Emile Berliner received U.S. patents 372,786 and 382,790 on the Gramophone on November 8, 1887, and May 15, 1888, respectively. This was before the organization of the North American Phonograph Company, which first produced cylinder recordings for public use, and thus Berliner's flat disc record is roughly contemporary with the exploitation of the cylinder medium, though it took longer for Berliner to commence production of his discs in America. Although based in Washington, D.C., Berliner's first joint venture was undertaken in Germany in 1889 with the manufacturer , a maker of toys. The Kämmer & Reinhardt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musée Des Ondes Emile Berliner
The Musée des ondes Emile Berliner is located in the historic factory of the ''Berliner Gram-o-phone Company'' in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The museum is a technical history Museum about the development of music recording and subsequent industries. For the project to celebrate the Centennial of Broadcasting in Canada the museum received the ''Governor General History Award'' in 2020. Building and museum The factory was since its construction in 1907 until 1924 the world headquarters of the Berliner Gramophone Company. Emil Berliner was the inventor of the flat record with a lateral cut. Emile Berliner moved his company from Philadelphia in the United States to Montreal, Canada in 1900, after a legal battle surrounding the use of Berliner's trade name "Gramophone," withdrew his right to this trade name in the USA. He built his first own factory for the ''Berliner Gram-O-Phone Co. Montreal'' in 1907 on a property in Saint Henri, Montreal. After 1929, the factory became part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
