133 years ago Emil Berliner patented the gramophone

On September 26, 1887, Emile Berliner was granted a patent for a gramophone, a device that the German – American inventor assembled based on a phonograph. Berliner carefully studied the development of Charles Cros, which he presented to the public in 1877 – the phonograph. He decided not to use cylinders to record sounds, as CRO did, but to make recordings on records.

Berliner used a zinc plate: it is much easier to replicate copies from metal matrices than from rolls played by a phonograph. Due to the transverse recording, the inventor achieved a significant reduction in sound distortion, while the sound during playback became much louder. This is what made the new musical device extremely popular, and in 1895 a record company appeared – Berliner's Gramophone Company.

Over the next decade, the gramophone was upgraded and the musical sound became cleaner. At the beginning of the XX century, the production of a new musical instrument became a separate industry. The same can be said about the records that recorded concerts and performances of individual virtuosos and singers. In 1927, the first full-length sound film "The jazz singer" was released, the musical accompaniment to which was played from the record using The "Vitaphone" System.