telegraphone

te·leg·ra·phone

[tuh-leg-ruh-fohn]
noun
an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.

Origin:
1885–90; < Danish telegraphon. See tele-1, grapho-, -phone

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