Microphone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DYNAMIC/TABLE
- DATE
- 1931
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0822.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Western Electric Co.
- MODEL
- 618A (TRANSMITTER)
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 458
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS CASE WITH THREADED BRASS RING/ INTERNAL COMPONENTS INCLUDE A CIRCULAR MAGNET, AN ALUMINUM DIAPHRAGM WITH A VOICE COIL ATTACHED/ VOICE COIL IS WOUND WITH INSULATED COPPER WIRE/ A PERFORATED METAL GRILL & A SILK SCREEN PROTECTS THE DIAPHRAGM
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.2 cm
- Width
- 9.5 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
- Western Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- 1931-1940
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO PICK UP SOUND SUCH AS VOICE OR MUSIC AND CONVERT TO COMPLEX ALTERNATING CURRENT. THE ELECTRICAL CURRENT WOULD BE AMPLIFIED AND TRANSMITTED BY RADIO. - Technical
-
FIRST MOVING COIL OR DYNAMIC MICROPHONE PRODUCED BY WESTERN ELECTRIC - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CASE/ THE DYNAMIC CAPSULE MOUNTED IN THE CASE HAS 'WE CO. SERIAL NO _____" ENGRAVED ON THE FRONT
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- WHOLE ASSEMBLY CHROME PLATED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Western Electric Co., Microphone, circa 1931, Artifact no. 1969.0822, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.0822.001/
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