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electrophone

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electrophone

Any of a class of musical instruments that generate their tone by electronic means.



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QUESTIONIn the Twenties, subscribers to the Electrophone Company, of GerrardStreet, London W1, could listen to music hall concerts and church servicesthrough their telephone for an annual fee.
A fifth category has since been added: electrophones for instruments whose sound is produced by the pulsing of electricity in a wire.
Always at the forefront of technology, in 1906 the Mirror installed an Electrophone at its London headquarters to report directly the words of Prime Minister Campbell-Bannerman as he called a General Election.
 
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