The phonograph
Invented by Thomas Edison in 1877, the phonograph allows sound to be recorded by waveforms being engraved by a needle onto a tinfoil sheet cylinder. Once the recording has been made, the phonograph's stylus then traces the waveforms and vibrates to reproduce the recorded sound waves via a diaphragm.
Following the invention of the gramophone by Emile Berliner, the cylinders were replaced by zinc discs, then shellac discs and finally vinyl records. The device itself also evolved with the introduction of turntables, and these are still used today by many music lovers.