Phonograph record Gramophone trademark, Berliner started marketing records of 7 inches diameter with somewhat more substantial entertainment value, along with somewhat more substantial gramophones to play them. Berliner's records had poor sound quality compared to wax cylinders, but his manufacturing associate Eldridge R. Johnson eventually improved it. Abandoning Berliner's "Gramophone" trademark for legal reasons, in 1901 Johnson's and Berliner's separate companies reorganized to form the Victor Talking Machine Company in Camden, New Jersey, whose products would come to dominate the market for many years. Emile Berliner moved his company to Montreal in 1900. The factory, which became the Canadian branch of RCA
Gramophone Hall of Fame Wynton Marsalis Albrecht Mayer Anne-Sophie Mutter Emmanuel Pahud Jean-Pierre Rampal Jordi Savall Andrés Segovia John Williams Alban Berg Quartet Amadeus Quartet The King's Singers Tallis Scholars Bernard Coutaz Fred Gaisberg Klaus Heymann Goddard Lieberson Kenneth Wilkinson Gramophone Hall of Fame Launched by "Gramophone" magazine in late 2011, the Gramophone Hall of Fame is an annual listing of the men and women (artists, producers, engineers, A&R directors and label founders) who have contributed to the classical record industry. Fifty individuals and ensembles entered the Hall of Fame in its first year. A special edition of the magazine (May 2012 issue) celebrates