Some sophisticated music lovers preferCD discs are vinyl records. Why? This question should be asked directly to the musical gourmet. But the devices for playing these very records are extremely entertaining. Probably everyone heard about gramophones, but the word "phonograph" causes indignation and absolute incomprehension in many people. Gramophone - what is it?
The person talking about the gramophone is usuallydenotes a portable version of the gramophone, which got its name from the French company Pate. It was she who in Soviet times imported these devices into the territory of the Land of the Soviets. The device existed in order to play vinyl records. The mobility of this version of the player ensured that it was arranged as a suitcase with a handle that allows you to transfer it without much difficulty.
According to historical sources,They tried to automate the playing of music in the 11th century in ancient Persia - it was an organ working at the expense of hydraulic power, invented by the scientists brothers Banu Musa. After some time, the same brothers invented a mechanical flute, capable of making sounds without the participation of a musician. Reliable descriptions of the mechanism of this invention have not reached our days.
С тех пор было немало попыток создать такое a device that can make sounds without much help from the human hand. The most successful was the attempt of Thomas Edison: in 1877 the phonograph was invented. It was a completely non-ideal apparatus, giving a sound of poor quality, and the plate on which it was recorded was short-lived.
Звук записывался на восковой валик тонкой metal needle that could not provide good quality playback. Despite all these shortcomings, this was a real breakthrough. Since then, a huge number of different phonograph configurations have appeared, which were successfully used until the thirties of the twentieth century.
The first gramophones were massive and impractical. Due to the lack of a volume control, listening to music in small rooms was even dangerous due to the high volume of the sound being played.
The very first gramophone appeared in 1907thanks to one employee of the Pate factory, who offered to take the horn of the gramophone to the inside of the hull, which ensured its small size. In 1913, DEKKA started up portable phonographs in mass production.
The word "phonograph" in the territory of the Soviet Unionused incorrectly. You can often hear that the phonograph is a portable version of the gramophone, but the main problem with this statement is that these devices have a different principle of operation. Speaking about what people usually think when they say “gramophone”, we are really talking about a portable gramophone. The principle of operation was taken from the gramophone, and the appearance - from the device, whose name was borrowed.
Large factories producing this device in the USSR:
Over time, phonographs and gramophones began to be crowded out by more modern electrophones.
Inside the gramophone there is a mechanism with a spring,responsible for the rotation of the substrate for the plates. Amplifier was a bell hidden inside the case. The pickup consisted of a membrane, the vibrations of which transmitted sound, and the needles. The membrane and was a conductor of sound in the bell. The sound comes out of the hole under the metal pickup head. The engine had a centrifugal speed governor; one plant was enough to play one side of the record, less often - two sides.
It is important to understand that the gramophone and gramophone are not oneand the same, therefore it is impossible to play a gramophone record on a gramophone, and vice versa. Plates should always be cleaned from dust, because dust interferes with clear sound of the records. It is also recommended to replace the needle after each listening, because a blunt needle can leave scratches on the record, which inevitably leads to a “cod”, which can be used to learn a vinyl record.
The needle should never be installed.perpendicular to the plate - connoisseurs believe that the reference will be a deviation of 45-50 degrees, but this depends solely on the model of the player. Not superfluous is the smoothness of the turn of the arm - if folded to push it, it should give way and move. The weight of the arm also plays a role in the reproduction, because too heavy an element can provide increased pressure on the record, which distorts the true sound.
People often can't immediately tell you the differencegramophone from gramophone. The main difference lies in the method of playing records. Gramophone records play from the edge to the center, while gramophone records - on the contrary - from the center to the edge. There are also differences in the method of recording records directly.
How much does a gramophone cost is a moot point.Currently, the average price may vary depending on a number of various factors: country of origin, year of manufacture, condition. Online stores that specialize in these music players can significantly inflate prices, and you can save a lot if you buy these ancient curiosities on platforms that offer ads directly from live sellers, with whom you can also negotiate a discount.
Buying an old gramophone with all the accessoriescan hit the average citizen's budget very much. The average price for the device is twenty thousand rubles, for the same amount you can dial a variety of music records.
If you want to sell the device, how much a gramophone costs will depend only on you, the state of the gramophone and the presence of a solvent buyer, eager to purchase the device from you.
In the USSR, the phonograph was an integral part of the variousof events: dancing to the music played by the gramophone was popular. It was an indispensable attribute in every home that was displayed in a prominent place for all to see. About this device there is a huge number of poems, songs and books. A story comes to mind: “How the phonograph of a rooster saved from death”. In each work he takes a special role.
A phonograph is a device that is everywhereused at the beginning of the twentieth century, and now causes trepidation in junkmen. And despite the fact that time is passing, the equipment is becoming obsolete, the older generation will remember with special love those times when they made a record in the local house of culture, danced, fell in love and had fun with the sounds of gramophone music.
