Founders

Emile Berliner invented the microphone that became part of the first Bell telephones, and his gramophone was the first record player to use disks. Born in Hanover, Germany, Berliner studied part time at the Cooper Institute (now Cooper Union) while assisting in a chemical laboratory

He invented the microphone to advance Thomas Edison's telephone work before improving further to the gramophone. 
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Emil Berliner died of a heart attack at the age of 78.  He was buried in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, DC.  C.  He was buried next to his wife and a son..
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