Lioret

Short Lived French Phonograph Cylinder Record Company, founded by Henri Lioret, (who previously co-operated with Emile Jumeau to create "Bébé Jumeau" talking doll). The company's unusually small records can be played only on special "Lioretgraph" phonographs (the first model was branded "[I]Le Merveilleux[/I]"). These records also had distinction of being the first phonograph cylinders to be made out of celluloid (predating Lambert Indestructible Record Co. by 6 years). Distributed in Great Britain by Howe & Co.