The Archéophone is a modern, electric version of the phonograph

Phonograph

The phonograph record player, or gramophone is a device introduced in 1877 that has had continued common use for reproducing sound recordings, although when first developed, the phonograph was used to both record and reproduce sounds...

s and ediphones from the early 20th century. It is specifically designed to transfer phonograph cylinders and other cylinder formats to modern recording media.

Designed in France by Henri Chamoux, the machine is used to transfer and preserve recordings at The Library of Congress, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Bibliothèque nationale de France

The is the National Library of France, located in Paris. It is intended to be the repository of all that is published in France. The current president of the library is Bruno Racine.-History:...

, Edison National Historic Site

Edison National Historic Site

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, UC Santa Barbara

University of California, Santa Barbara

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, University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina

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, University College Dublin

University College Dublin

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, the Canadian Museum of Civilization

Canadian Museum of Civilization

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 and many other libraries and archives. Weighing almost 25 kg and costing over US $10,000, the Archéophone is a specialist's tool and not available to the general public. However, CDs with transferred cylinder recordings have been made available by various record labels and organizations.

"Archéophone" is the registered French trademark

Trademark

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 for the machine. It's not to be confused or affiliated with Archeophone Records

Archeophone Records

Archeophone Records, LLC, based in Champaign, Illinois, specializes in preserving recordings of the acoustic era of the recording industry by remastering phonograph cylinders and gramophone records from the late 19th and early 20th centuries and releasing them on compact disc...

, an American record company.