Ben Bergonzi was for many years curator of artefacts at the British Library National Sound Archive, whose collections include several hundred phonographs, gramophones, tape recorders, radiograms and related documentation.

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• The phonographThe gramophoneCylinder versus discUnusual talking machinesThe last acousticsOld talking machines todayFurther readingPlaces to visit

Ben Bergonzi was for many years curator of artefacts at the British Library National Sound Archive, whose collections include several hundred phonographs, gramophones, tape recorders, radiograms and related documentation.

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• The phonographThe gramophoneCylinder versus discUnusual talking machinesThe last acousticsOld talking machines todayFurther readingPlaces to visit

Ben Bergonzi was for many years curator of artefacts at the British Library National Sound Archive, whose collections include several hundred phonographs, gramophones, tape recorders, radiograms and related documentation.

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• The phonographThe gramophoneCylinder versus discUnusual talking machinesThe last acousticsOld talking machines todayFurther readingPlaces to visit