Audio Players By hmowery01 Apr 8, 1857 Léon Scott de Martinville invents the phonautograph Jan 8, 1877 Thomas Edison created a tinfoil cylinder phonograph Jul 30, 1887 Emilie Berliner creats a disc music player called the gramophone May 13, 1940 Columbia introduced the 33-1/3 RPM long-playing record Aug 5, 1963 Phillips introduced the audio cassete tape Oct 17, 1978 sony created the first audio recording devices Nov 28, 2001 apple created the first iPod