victrola

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victrola (plural victrolas)

Any upright or console model phonograph from the early 1900s, usually with a wooden cabinet body and an interior horn for the projection of sound, that plays 78 rpm records using a steel needle.

Victrola (plural Victrolas)

A brand-name model of phonograph and phonograph records manufactured and sold by the Victor Talking Machine Company and later RCA Victor beginning in 1906.

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We had an old Victrola with the old bulldog they used to have there. The horn would come out. Jay McShann

In 1976, RCA Records, as part of its "Victrola Americana" line, released a collection of Gershwin recordings taken from 78s recorded in the 1920s and called the LP "Gershwin plays Gershwin, Historic First Recordings" (RCA Victrola AVM1-1740). Source: Internet

It makes me think of 1950s naming conventions, like Crayola and Victrola. Source: Internet

Other than the Edison and European Pathé disc machines, early disc players, both external horn and internal horn "Victrola" style models, normally used very short-lived disposable needles. Source: Internet

The Victrola Book of the Opera: Stories of One Hundred and Twenty Operas with Seven-Hundred Illustrations and Descriptions of Twelve-Hundred Victor Opera Records. Source: Internet

Colfelt had in his house an extremely heavy box that he claimed contained a Victrola. Source: Internet

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