Microphone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CARBON/DOUBLE BUTTON/TABLE
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0817.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Marconi
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- England
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General Information
- Serial #
- 10-4-35
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- MACHINED BRASS MICROPHONE CASE WITH PROTECTIVE SCREEN COVERING DIAPHRAGM OPENING. INTERNAL COMPONENTS INCLUDE A THIN ALUMINUM DIAPHRAGM, CARBON BUTTON CAPSULES AND MISC. HARDWARE. UNIT SPRING MOUNTED TO A BRASS FRMAE WHICH IS MOUNTED ON A BRASS MICROPHONE STAND. WOODEN BOTTOM PLATE HAS FELT COVER.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 39.4 cm
- Width
- 15.2 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Marconi
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Europe
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C.1920-1925
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO PICK UP SOUND, VOICE AND MUSIC AND CONVERT TO COMPLEX ALTERNATING CURRENT. THE ALTERNATING CURRENT WOULD BE AMPLIFIED TO MODULATE A BROADCAST RADIO TRANSMITTER. - Technical
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TYPE SAMPLE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'MARCONI' STAMPED OR ENGRAVED INTO BACK OF MICROPHONE. CBC DECAL & ALUMINUM NUMBER PLATE ALSO APPEAR ON BACK OFMICROPHONE: '10-4-35' ON DECAL PROBABLY CBC ACQUISITION DATE
- Missing
- MICROPHONE CABLE
- Finish
- 'ANTIQUE' POLISHED BRASS FINISH
- Decoration
- N/A
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Marconi, Microphone, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1969.0817, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.0817.001/
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