Stylus, disk player
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- OBJECT TYPE
- REPRODUCING/MULTI-PLAY/SAPPHIRE
- DATE
- 1940–1949
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1977.0903.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RECOTON CORP.
- MODEL
- PRIMUS SAPPHIRE
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CASE - SYNTHETIC; PAPER & CARDSTOCK INSERTS; SYNTHETIC CLEANING PAD; METAL STYLUS & SAPPHIRE TIP
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.6 cm
- Width
- 6.0 cm
- Height
- 1.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- RECOTON
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- NEW - NOT USED BUT WOULD HAVE BEEN USED IN THE 1940'S
- Canada
-
AVAILABLE FOR USE IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO TRANSMIT DISK GROOVE MODULATIONS TO THE PICKUP ELEMENTS OF A DISK PLAYER WHERE THEY ARE CONVERTED INTO AUDIO FREQUENCY WAVES. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF MULTI-PLAY SAPPHIRE STYLUS DESIGNED TO REPLACE THE SINGLE PLAY STEEL NEEDLES USED IN 78 RPM PLAYERS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON CASE LID: 'Recoton/ PRIMUS SAPPHIRE/ $2.50'/ SEE SUPP.INFO. FILE FOR COPY OF PRINTING ON LABEL INSERT
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- CLEAR CASE WITH 'GOLD' TRIM/ PINK-ORANGE CLEANING PAD/ RED INSERT & RED & WHITE LABEL/ BLUE & SILVER STYLUS
- Decoration
- DECORATIVE DESIGN ON LID OF CASE
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RECOTON CORP., Stylus, disk player, between 1940–1949, Artifact no. 1977.0903, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1977.0903.001/
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