Phonograph

The term "phonograph" was the name used by Thomas Alva Edison for the recording device he patented in 1877, which consisted of a cylinder covered with aluminum foil (and later with wax - the "phonogram"), the surface of which would be indented with the recording. This example is a Edison Home Model C, with encasing wooden lid and base, which is accompanied by two cone-shaped bells, one of brass with T-seam on flare, and one of black-painted steel with T-seam and brass garland.