Handcrafted solid Rosewood Brass combo Mechanical Gramophone. A Gramophone is a kind of Phonograph, but instead of cylinders for recording and reproducing sounds, discs are used. The machines that play records, record players (also known as turntables and, historically, as phonographs and gramophones), are still widely used by club DJs and music aficionados who swear the music they make is finer and more subtle. This is more than just a home decor - it does function as a working gramophone with vinyl record