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Polyphon

The Polyphon is a musical instrument. It dates back to 1908. Listen to 1 recording and learn how it makes its sound.

Listen to the Polyphon

Zündfunk Radiotop Polyphon Jingle - 1994
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From Wikipedia

A Polyphon is a disc-playing music box. The machine was invented in 1870; it was first manufactured by the Polyphon Musikwerke, in Leipzig, Germany, full-scale production having started about 1896 and continuing into the early 20th century. Polyphons were exported all over the world; music was supplied for the English, French, German markets, as well as further afield, with pieces cataloged for the Russian, Polish, and Balkan regions. Polyphon is also a record label as registered by German Polyphon Musikwerke AG in 1908. Polyphon traded under the Polydor label since 1913 with their trademarks Polyphon Musik and Polyphon Record.

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