Pickup arm
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1899
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1970.0310.003
- MANUFACTURER
- Berliner, E.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 3
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Long wooden arm with metal fixtures, a speaker support and stylus. The stylus is covered with a synthetic material that is cracked throughout. Speaker sleeve appears to be made of what appears to be a leather-like material.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 36.5 cm
- Width
- 13.4 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
- Berliner
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A pickup arm with a stylus that slides along in the groove and picks up the sound - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- On bottom of speaker support, engraved reads "E. BERLINER'S/ PAT'D 1897". On top part of speaker support, engraved, reads "3828"
- Missing
- Appears complete. However, arm is detached from the gramaphone and the speaker is detached from the arm
- Finish
- Composite gramaphone pickup arm with a stylus and a compartment to hold the speake. Detached from the gramaphone
- Decoration
- N/A
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Berliner, E., Pickup arm, circa 1899, Artifact no. 1970.0310, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1970.0310.003/
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