Homemade Gramophone / Vinyl Record Player (Phonograph)

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From http://www.josepino.com – This is my home-made gramophone using just a plastic cup, a pin and some Lego Mindstorms parts. The pin picks the sound from the vinyl disk and the plastic cup amplifies the sound. A paper cup works fine, a foam cup also works but I didn’t like the results.

The plastic cup amplifies the high-frequency tones but not the lower-frequencies, so I did put a napkin inside the cup to reduce the higher frequencies. Using softer materials may help to get lower frequencies amplified.

Details of this homemade phonograph are posted at www.josepino.com/lego_robots

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Vinyl LP records – still spinning after 60 years!

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SEE & HEAR IN HIGH QUALITY @: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tggLYE87Ed0&fmt=18
Music duplicated in this great audio format is still being enjoyed today and new vinyl records are being pressed!

12″, 33 1/3 RPM Vinyl Long Playing records – invented by Peter Goldmark in 1948.

From “CBS SUNDAY MORNING” 2-2008

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