Microphone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DYNAMIC/TABLE
- DATE
- 1938
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.1040.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Western Electric
- MODEL
- 630A
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 3394
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST ALUMINUM CASE, DURALUMINUM DIAPHRAM, VOICE COIL, MAGNET ASSEMBLY AND ACOUSTIC EQUALIZING CHAMBERS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.4 cm
- Width
- 6.4 cm
- Height
- 6.2 cm
- 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
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1938-1950
- Canada
-
USED BY THE C.B.C. FOR CANADIAN BROADCASTING - Function
-
USED TO PICK UP SOUND SUCH AS VOICE OR MUSIC AND CONVERT TO COMPLEX ALTERNATING CURRENT. THE ALTERNATING CURRENT WOULD BE AMPLIFIED TO DRIVE SPEAKERS IN A SOUND SYSTEM OR APPLIED TO A RADIO BROADCASTING RADIO TRANSMITTER. - Technical
-
THE SECOND SERIES OF DYNAMIC MICROPHONES DEVELOPED BY WESTERN ELECTRIC WHO WERE THE MAJOR SUPPLIER OF BROADCAST MICROPHONES IN THE 1920'S AND EARLY 1930'S - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- SMALL PLATE TOP CENTRE WITH ENGRAVED 'S02961'/ REAR, AROUND CONNECTOR HOLE, MFG NAME, TYPE AND SERIALNUMBER/ ON BACK: 'WESTERN ELECTRIC USA 630A 3394'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK GLOSS ENAMEL WITH POLISHED ALUMINUM SCREEN RETAINING RING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Western Electric, Microphone, circa 1938, Artifact no. 1969.1040, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.1040.001/
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