Audio Players By SDernar01 Jul 30, 1857 Léon Scott de Martinville creates the phonautograph Jan 6, 1877 Thomas Edison created a tinfoil cylinder phonograph Apr 8, 1887 Emile Berliner created a disc music player he called the gramophone Jul 9, 1940 Columbia introduced the 33-1/3 RPM long-playing record Mar 20, 1963 Phillips introduced the audio casset tape Apr 29, 1978 sony created the first digital audio recording devices Dec 6, 2001 Apple created the first Ipod