Microphone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CARBON/DOUBLE BUTTON/TABLE
- DATE
- 1923
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1980.0519.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Northern Electric Co. Ltd. of Canada
- MODEL
- 600A
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- MACHINED BRASS MICROPHONE CASE; DURALUMINUM DIAPHRAGM; CARBON FILLED BRASS BUTTONS; STEEL MOUNTING SPRINGS; METAL STAND & RING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 28.6 cm
- Width
- 18.5 cm
- Height
- 4.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Northern Electric
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C.1923-1931
- Canada
-
A SAMPLE OF EARLY INDEPENDENT CANADIAN MANUFACTURING WHEN AN EXACT AMERICAN PRODUCT WAS AVAILABLE (IE WESTERN ELECTRIC CO. PRODUCTS) - Function
-
TO PICK UP SOUND, VOICE & MUSIC AND CONVERT TO COMPLEX ALTERNATING CURRENT. THE ALTERNATING CURRENT WOULD BE AMPLIFIED TO MODULATE A RADIO BROADCAST TRANSMITTER - Technical
-
EARLY HIGH QUALITY MICROPHONE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S NAME, MODEL & PATENTINFO. APPEARS ON MICROPHONE. 'CHCK' SCRATCHED ON ONE SIDE OF MICROPHONE
- Missing
- BASE OF STAND; MOUNTING RING
- Finish
- MICROPHONE IS PARTIALLY NICKEL PLATED; SUSPENSION RING HAS BRONZE FINISH
- Decoration
- N/A
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Northern Electric Co. Ltd. of Canada, Microphone, circa 1923, Artifact no. 1980.0519, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1980.0519.001/
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