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Graphophone
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<p>The Graphophone was the name and trademark of an improved version of the <a href="/facts/Phonograph/VcNQRYVT">phonograph</a>. It was invented at the <a href="/facts/Volta_Laboratory_and_Bureau/42Wqk85x">Volta Laboratory</a> established by <a href="/facts/Alexander_Graham_Bell/oQer2abq">Alexander Graham Bell</a> in <a href="/facts/Washington%2c_D.C./enXPK156">Washington, D.C.</a>, United States. </p><p>Its trademark usage was acquired successively by the Volta Graphophone Company, the American Graphophone Company, the <a href="/facts/North_American_Phonograph_Company/jEhX4kl3">North American Phonograph Company</a>, and finally by the Columbia Phonograh Company (known today as <a href="/facts/Columbia_Records/yV1YYE69">Columbia Records</a>), all of which either produced or sold Graphophones. </p>